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Brundidge’s post office opened in 1856, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 1880.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
5famous people
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Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Brundidge began

When was Brundidge founded?

1856

The Brundidge post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 387 in 18802020 census: 2,073170 years

How historic is Brundidge?

C

More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Brundidge post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Brundidge’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brundidge is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brundidge’s overall grade.
Founding era1856, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194010.1% of homes (±3.8) · typical AL town 3.2% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical AL town 2.7 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 28%
NewerOlder

Alabama towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Alabama town has 2.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Brundidge’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (26% of Alabama towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Brundidge’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 Brundidge are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 3,188 in 1980; 2,073 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages4 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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Start Brundidge’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Brundidge, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,188

Peaked at 3,188 in 1980; 2,073 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Brundidge’s post office has been open since 1856.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Broad ViewGreen RidgeHillcrestWindmill Hills
Gone or out of use
Brundidge High SchoolschoolBrundidge Municipal AirportairportPhiladelphia Presbyterian Churchchurch
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brundidge
Brundidge CityCounty LineFlemingLakeviewSaint Paul

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

The story

How Brundidge came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Brundidge.

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The town was founded prior to the Civil War by George C. Collier, who established a trading post and saloon. First called "Collier's Store", the town changed its name around 1854 to honor James M. Brundidge, a prominent citizen and founder of the local Masonic lodge.

During the Civil War, men from Pike County joined "Company F", the "Brundidge Guards", of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry.

Brundidge grew as an agricultural center after the war. A depot of the newly constructed Alabama Midland Railway was established in Brundidge in 1889. Several hotels and businesses followed. Passenger trains such as the South Wind once passed. The railway line is now the Dothan Subdivision, used for freight operations by CSX Transportation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Brundidge, 1856 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Brundidge post office opens
  3. 1868Born hereRobert L. Williams is born here
  4. 1874Born hereWalter Lynwood Fleming is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1971Born hereFred Baxter is born here
  8. 1977Born hereQuincy Jackson is born here
  9. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 3,188
By decade

Brundidge, decade by decade

Today4 recent
AL10 East Sign at US231 in2024AL10 East Sign at US231 inBrundidge Alabama Post Office2011Brundidge Alabama Post OfficeBrundidge Alabama 22011Brundidge Alabama 2Brundidge Alabama 12011Brundidge Alabama 1
On the map

Brundidge on the map, 1948 to 1981

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

Brundidge on the 1948 USGS mapBrundidge on the 1950 USGS mapBrundidge on the 1960 USGS mapBrundidge on the 1981 USGS map1948Brundidge sheet · 1:62,500

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

Every building

Brundidge, building by building, 1916–1923

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Brundidge fire insurance map, 1916, sheet 11916Sheet 1 of 2
Edition
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Brundidge

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

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Robert L. WilliamsGovernor of Oklahoma; politician · b. 1868
Walter Lynwood FlemingAmerican historian · b. 1874
F
Fred BaxterAmerican football player, tight end · b. 1971
Q
Quincy JacksonAmerican football player · b. 1977
J
Jacob Broughton NelsonFounder of Phi Kappa Fraternity · b. 1898

Questions about Brundidge’s history

What year was Brundidge founded?

The Brundidge post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Brundidge rank for history?

Brundidge is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Brundidge?

10% of Brundidge’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1970.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.