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History · Flournoy

Flournoy’s post office opened in 1908, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1944 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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How Flournoy began

When was Flournoy founded?

1908

The Flournoy post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 117118 years
Founding year: the first Flournoy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Flournoy’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

How Flournoy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Flournoy.

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A post office was established at Flournoy in 1908, and remained in operation until 1966. The community has the name of George H. Flournoy, a local rancher and Civil War veteran.

Flournoy was home to one of the last one-room schoolhouses in Northern California. The school, which opened in 1921, was given a state grant in 2001 to expand. The enrollment at the time was 34 students. The one-room school had been built in 1974, replacing an earlier structure, and was said to be "the most modern structure in tiny Flournoy" in 1991.

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Timeline

Flournoy, 1908 to 1966

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Flournoy post office opens
  3. 1944On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1966Post officeThe Flournoy post office closes
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On the map

Flournoy on the map, 1944 to 1967

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Flournoy. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Flournoy on the 1944 USGS mapFlournoy on the 1958 USGS mapFlournoy on the 1967 USGS map1944Flournoy sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Flournoy.

Famous people

Famous people close to Flournoy

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

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Blaire WhiteAmerican YouTuber and political commentator · b. 1993
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Robert ShawAmerican conductor · b. 1916
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Tom BruceAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former… · b. 1952
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Ralph GoingsAmerican artist · b. 1928
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Al GeibergerProfessional golfer · b. 1937
Tyler ReddickAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1996
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Flournoy had its own post office from 1908 to 1966.

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

Questions about Flournoy’s history

What year was Flournoy founded?

The Flournoy post office opened in 1908, 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.