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History · Graeagle

Graeagle dates to 1916

Most of Graeagle was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 2000.

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How Graeagle began

When was Graeagle founded?

1916

Graeagle dates its founding to 1916 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 831 in 20002020 census: 724110 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1881.The full story ↓

What stands out about Graeagle’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Graeagle are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Graeagle, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Graeagle’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Mohawk
1881–1926
Davies Mill
1918–1920
Graegle
1920–1960
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DentensFeather River ParkMohawk
1cemetery inside Graeagle
Mohawk Town

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

The story

How Graeagle came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Graeagle.

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The town was founded in 1916 as a lumber town. A post office was established in 1919 with the moniker of Davies Mill. When the mill changed ownership in the 1920s, a naming contest was held. Belle Byrne contracted the name of nearby Gray Eagle Creek to Graeagle, winning the contest and its $5 prize.

The name of the creek may have had some connection with Edward D Baker, the "Gray Eagle of Republicanism," who was in the mining region in 1856 while stumping the state for Frémont.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Graeagle, 1881 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Mohawk post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916
    FoundingGraeagle is established
  5. 1918Post officeThe Davies Mill post office opens
  6. 1920Post officeThe Davies Mill post office closes
  7. 1920Post officeThe Graegle post office opens
  8. 1926Post officeThe Mohawk post office closes
  9. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1960Post officeThe Graegle post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Graeagle on the map, 1943 to 1994

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

Graeagle on the 1943 USGS mapGraeagle on the 1956 USGS mapGraeagle on the 1972 USGS mapGraeagle on the 1994 USGS map1943Blairsden 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 Graeagle.

People over time

Graeagle, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 831

Between 724 and 831 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Graeagle’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Graeagle

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

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Richard PoeAmerican actor · b. 1946
Eliza SwensonAmerican actress · b. 1982
Cody AndersonAmerican football player · b. 1990
George E. GoodfellowAmerican physician · b. 1855
George PhilbrookAmerican gridiron football player and athletics… · b. 1884
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Claire Cayot O'RourkeAmerican politician · b. 1885
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BlairsdenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnsville1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlumas EurekaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Graeagle’s history

What year was Graeagle founded?

In 1916, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Graeagle’s post office opened in 1881, and the census of 2000 counted 831 people here.

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.