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History · Bakerhill

Bakerhill’s post office opened in 1876

Most of Bakerhill was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1968 on.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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How Bakerhill began

When was Bakerhill founded?

1876

The Bakerhill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1997. Two smaller post offices, Baker Hill (1876) and Belcher (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 211150 years
Founding year: the first Bakerhill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1997.

What stands out about Bakerhill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bakerhill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bakerhill, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Bakerhill’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bakerhill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Baker Hill
1876–1968
Belcher
1883–1913
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Baker HillSandy Point

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Bakerhill, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bakerhill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bakerhill or Baker Hill is a town in Barbour County, Alabama, United States, near Eufaula. As of the 2020 census, Bakerhill had a population of 211. Although it existed as an unincorporated village since before 1860, the town was officially incorporated in 1997. Baker Hill is governed by a six-member council include the mayor.

Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 279 to 211 (-24%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bakerhill, 1876 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Baker Hill post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Belcher post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1913Post officeThe Belcher post office closes
  6. 1968Post officeThe Baker Hill post office closes
  7. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Bakerhill, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Bakerhill, Alabama2012Bakerhill, Alabama
On the map

Bakerhill on the map, 1968 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bakerhill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bakerhill on the 1968 USGS mapBakerhill on the 1981 USGS map1968Baker Hill sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bakerhill.

Questions about Bakerhill’s history

What year was Bakerhill founded?

The Bakerhill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1997.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.