Pine’s post office opened in 1884, and 4 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Pine was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. 4 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 11 buildings between them.
How Pine began
When was Pine founded?
The Pine post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.
How historic is Pine?
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Pine’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pine is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Few Arizona towns list much on the Register (a typical Arizona town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pine’s 92.0 sits above most of its state (93% of Arizona towns have fewer) while its 16 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
4 listings protect 16 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
All 4 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Pine’s history
What year was Pine founded?
The Pine post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Pine rank for history?
Pine is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Pine?
4 listings: 2 buildings, among them the Alfred Jason Randall House (listed 2000, the first), and 2 historic districts, the Pine Community Center Historic District and the Hunt Farmstead Historic District, with 11 contributing buildings. 16 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Pine?
2% of Pine’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 0.4% for an Arizona town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (4), 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.