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History · Leroy

Leroy’s post office opened in 1896

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Leroy was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

1896first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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Quick answers

How Leroy began

When was Leroy founded?

1896

The Leroy post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 766130 years

How historic is Leroy?

C−

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Leroy’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Leroy is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Leroy’s overall grade.
Founding era1896, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19403.4% of homes (±3.5) · typical AL town 3.2% · U.S. 8.4%C−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 19%
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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 Leroy’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 still be C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.5 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 Leroy’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 Leroy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Leroy’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leroy’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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The story so far

Leroy, in brief

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

Leroy is a census-designated place located in Washington County, Alabama, around 60 miles (97 km) north of Mobile. As of the 2020 census, Leroy had a population of 766.

Its first post office opened in 1896. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 911 to 766 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Leroy, 1896 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Leroy post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1957Born hereKelvin Moore is born here
  5. 1963Born hereEmanuel King is born here
  6. 1993Born hereSammie Coates is born here
By decade

Leroy, decade by decade

Today6 recent
The Leroy Post Office in Washington County,) Alabama2010The Leroy Post Office in Washington County,) AlabamaOld voting house on the Johnston property, where everyone in Washington County would go to cast their votes during the …2010Old voting house on the Johnston property, where ever…Old family store constructed in the late 1800s in2010Old family store constructed in the late 1800s inOld family store constructed in the late 1800s in2010Old family store constructed in the late 1800s inLittle barn on the Johnston property in2010Little barn on the Johnston property inBnsf43802006Bnsf4380
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Leroy

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

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E
Emanuel KingAmerican football player · b. 1963
Sammie CoatesAmerican football player · b. 1993
K
Kelvin MooreAmerican baseball player · b. 1957
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Leroy’s post office has been open since 1896.

Gone or out of use
Bairds Storelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Leroy
LeroyPine Grove

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

Questions about Leroy’s history

What year was Leroy founded?

The Leroy post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Leroy rank for history?

Leroy is more historic than 19% 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 Leroy?

3% of Leroy’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.5 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1978.

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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 (6), 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.