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History · Boligee

Boligee’s post office opened in 1838, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Boligee Hill. Below: 8 old photos and papers, maps from 1970 on, and the census since 1880.

1838first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
8old photos & papers
4famous people
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From Boligee’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Boligee began

When was Boligee founded?

1838

The Boligee post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lizzieville (1894), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 36 in 18802020 census: 301188 years
Founding year: the first Boligee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Boligee’s past

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

Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1940 and 1960, then more than doubled.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Boligee.Mystery photos6 old photos have no date. Neighbors can guess the decade.Old housesHalf of Boligee’s homes were built before 1963.
★ What stands out · People over time

Boligee, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020241 in 1940Low: 134

Lost a third of its people between 1940 and 1960, then more than doubled.

11 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Boligee’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Boligee, 1834 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Born hereCharles Hays is born here
  3. 1838Post officeThe Boligee post office opens
  4. 1864Born hereWilliam P. G. Harding is born here
  5. 1894Post officeThe Lizzieville post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Born hereEmma Didlake is born here
  8. 1931Post officeThe Lizzieville post office closes
  9. 1933In the archiveEXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA…
  10. 1940Born hereBrad Hubbert is born here
  11. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  12. 21st century
  13. 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 369
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Start Boligee’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo6 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewEXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, C…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Boligee, in brief

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

Boligee is a town in Greene County, Alabama, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 301. Although Boligee appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census, according to the 1930 U.S. Census it did not incorporate until 1926, though another source cited 1927. Boligee has one site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Boligee Hill.

Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 328 to 301 (-8%).

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

By decade

Boligee, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s2 items
EXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA,32-BOLI.V,1-21933EXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19,…FRONT ELEVATION - Weston (House and Schoolhouse), U.S. Route 11 and County Road 19 vicinity, Boligee, Greene County, AL…1933FRONT ELEVATION - Weston (House and Schoolhouse), U.S…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown6 to date
OLD WELL - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA,32-BOLI.V,1-8Date?OLD WELL - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Gr…REAR ELEVATION (SOUTH), WEST SIDE - Weston (House and Schoolhouse), U.S. Route 11 and County Road 19 vicinity, Boligee,…Date?REAR ELEVATION (SOUTH), WEST SIDE - Weston (House and…Hill of Howth, County Road 19Date?Hill of Howth, County Road 19Boligee Hill, Near U.S. Highway 11, Eutaw, Greene County, ALDate?Boligee Hill, Near U.S. Highway 11, Eutaw, Greene Cou…Beth Salem Presbyterian Church, County Road 1Date?Beth Salem Presbyterian Church, County Road 1Weston (House & Schoolhouse), U.S. Route 11 & County Road 19 vicinityDate?Weston (House & Schoolhouse), U.S. Route 11 & County …
Today3 recent
US11 North - Greene CR138 Sign2018US11 North - Greene CR138 SignPaddlewheel Aerator at a Catfish Farm- Boligee, AL (Greene County)2018Paddlewheel Aerator at a Catfish Farm- Boligee, AL (G…BoligeeAlabamaPostOffice2009BoligeeAlabamaPostOffice
On the map

Boligee on the map, 1970 to 1987

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

Boligee on the 1970 USGS mapBoligee on the 1987 USGS map1970Boligee 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 Boligee.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

EXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA,32-BOLI.V,1-2
Retake this viewEXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA,32-BOLI.V,1-2, 1933

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Boligee’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Boligee

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Boligee Hill
Boligee Hill
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
Raised Cottage1
Boligee HillVernacular

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

4 famous people were born in Boligee

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Charles HaysAmerican politician and Confederate Army officer · b. 1834
William P. G. HardingAmerican banker · b. 1864
Emma DidlakeAmerican military personnel · b. 1905
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Brad HubbertAmerican football player · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Boligee’s post office has been open since 1838. Another post office, Lizzieville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Boligee
1838–today
Lizzieville
1894–1931
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lizzieville
Gone or out of use
Paramount High SchoolschoolSebastopol Plantationlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Boligee
BoatrightBoligeeSaint Paul

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

Questions about Boligee’s history

What year was Boligee founded?

The Boligee post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Boligee?

One place: the Boligee Hill (listed 1982).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (7), the Library of Congress (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.