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Peach Orchard’s post office opened in 1873, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Peach Orchard began

When was Peach Orchard founded?

1873

The Peach Orchard post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 484 in 19202020 census: 105153 years
Founding year: the first Peach Orchard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Peach Orchard’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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How Peach Orchard came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Peach Orchard.

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Peach Orchard is rooted in an estate known as "Petit Baril," established by French explorer Pierre Le Mieux in the early 19th century. Local English-speakers were calling it "Peach Orchard" by the time Le Mieux sold the estate in 1816. A trading post operated at Peach Orchard during the mid-19th century, and was frequently raided by guerrilla forces during the Civil War.

The construction of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in the 1870s brought increased development to Peach Orchard, focused primarily on the railroad and the timber industry. A post office opened in 1873, and a depot was constructed. The city incorporated in 1910.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Peach Orchard, decade by decade

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On the map

Peach Orchard on the map, 1935 to 1964

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

Peach Orchard on the 1935 USGS mapPeach Orchard on the 1941 USGS mapPeach Orchard on the 1964 USGS map1935Knobel 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 Peach Orchard.

People over time

Peach Orchard, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 484

Between 105 and 484 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Peach Orchard’s history

What year was Peach Orchard founded?

The Peach Orchard post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (8), Wikipedia, 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.