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History · Peridot

Peridot’s post office opened in 1943

Most of Peridot was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989.

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Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA · CC BY 2.0
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How Peridot began

When was Peridot founded?

1943

The Peridot post office opened in 1943, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,30883 years
Founding year: the first Peridot post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Peridot’s past

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

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The story so far

Peridot, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Peridot yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Peridot (Western Apache: Tséé Dotłʼizh "Blue Rock") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gila and Graham counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 1,350 at the 2010 census. Peridot is named for the mineral peridot, found in basalt flows nearby.

Its first post office opened in 1943. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,350 to 1,308 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Peridot, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Peridot

Nobody well known was born in Peridot itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack ElamAmerican actor · b. 1920
Helen JacobsAmerican tennis player · b. 1908
Rose MoffordFirst woman Governor and the first woman Secret… · b. 1922
Ed PastorAmerican politician · b. 1943
Melvin JonesAmerican businessman · b. 1879
Romana Acosta BañuelosTreasurer of the United States · b. 1925
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Peridot’s history

What year was Peridot founded?

The Peridot post office opened in 1943, 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 (6) and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.