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Banks’ post office opened in 1890, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Banks began

When was Banks founded?

1890

The Banks post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 156136 years
Founding year: the first Banks post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Banks’ 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 Banks are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Banks, in brief

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

Banks is a town in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 156, down from 179 in 2010. It incorporated in December 1894.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 179 to 156 (-13%).

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

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Banks, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Banks’s post office has been open since 1890.

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

Questions about Banks’ history

What year was Banks founded?

The Banks post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.