Mayer’s post office opened in 1884, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
Most of Mayer was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Its Register listings are the Mayer Apartments, the Mayer Business Block and the Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse.
How Mayer began
When was Mayer founded?
The Mayer post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.
3 historic places in Mayer
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Old corners and burying grounds
Mayer’s post office has been open since 1884.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Mayer’s history
What year was Mayer founded?
The Mayer post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Mayer?
Three places: the Mayer Apartments (listed 1989), the Mayer Business Block (1989) and the Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse (2004).
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 (3), 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.