The Marbury post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Bozeman (1883) and Rollins (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,427128 years
How historic is Marbury?
C
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Marbury post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Marbury’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Marbury is more historic than 26% 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 Marbury’s overall grade.
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 Marbury’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 (±9.3 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 Marbury’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Marbury’s post office has been open since 1898. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Bozeman
1883–1900
Rollins
1892–1906
Marbury
1898–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Pine FlatPyronRollinsWadsworth
Gone or out of use
Gates Milllocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marbury
Marbury Baptist ChurchMarbury Church of GodSaint Paul
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Marbury, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marbury yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Marbury is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,426.
Its first post office opened in 1898. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,418 in 2010, 1,427 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Marbury, 1883 to 1979
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marbury. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Elmore 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 Marbury.
Questions about Marbury’s history
What year was Marbury founded?
The Marbury post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Marbury rank for history?
Marbury is more historic than 26% 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 Marbury?
9% of Marbury’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.3 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
