Jerome’s post office opened in 1883, and 68% of its homes were built before 1940
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Jerome Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and a historic district.
How Jerome began
When was Jerome founded?
The Jerome post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1899.
1 historic place in Jerome
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
★ LandmarkNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone
Jerome’s post office has been open since 1883.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Jerome’s history
What year was Jerome founded?
The Jerome post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1899.
What is on the National Register in Jerome?
One place: the Jerome Historic District (listed 1966).
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.