Gilmore’s post office opened in 1883, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Gilmore was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Highway A-7, Gilmore to Turrell.
How Gilmore began
When was Gilmore founded?
The Gilmore post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Engledale (1916), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
1 historic place in Gilmore
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices and old corners
Gilmore’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Engledale, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Gilmore’s history
What year was Gilmore founded?
The Gilmore post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Gilmore?
One place: the Highway A-7, Gilmore to Turrell (listed 2009).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.