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History · Boulevard

Boulevard’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Boulevard was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984.

1909first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Boulevard began

When was Boulevard founded?

1909

The Boulevard post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 359117 years
Founding year: the first Boulevard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Old corners

Boulevard’s post office has been open since 1909.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Boulevard’s history

What year was Boulevard founded?

The Boulevard post office opened in 1909, 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 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.