More historic than 5% of U.S. towns · #162 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Most of Weaver was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: 11 old photos and papers, maps from 1947 on, and the census since 1950.
The Weaver post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Weaver's Station (1873), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 74 in 19502020 census: 3,339123 years
How historic is Weaver?
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More historic than 5% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Weaver post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Weaver’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Weaver is more historic than 5% of U.S. towns, #162 of 187 in Alabama. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Weaver’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 Weaver’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 D. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size. 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 Weaver’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Weaver yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Weaver is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,339. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,038 to 3,339 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Weaver, 1873 to 1964
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
The Weaver post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Weaver rank for history?
Weaver is more historic than 5% of U.S. towns, #162 of 187 in Alabama. 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 Weaver?
0.9% of Weaver’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1977.
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 (12), 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.
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