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History · Posey

Posey’s post office opened in 1915

Below: maps from 1945 on.

1915first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Posey began

When was Posey founded?

1915

The Posey post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 23111 years
Founding year: the first Posey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Posey’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 Posey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Posey’s history is told.

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The story so far

Posey, in brief

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

Posey is a census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States. Posey is 21 miles (34 km) east-southeast of Ducor. Posey has a post office with ZIP code 93260, which opened in 1915. The population was 23 at the 2020 United States census, up from 10 at the 2010 census. The elevation of Posey is 3573 feet.

Its first post office opened in 1915. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10 to 23 (+130%).

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

By decade

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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

Posey on the map, 1945 to 1986

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

Posey on the 1945 USGS mapPosey on the 1958 USGS mapPosey on the 1986 USGS map1945Tobias Peak 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 Posey.

Famous people

Famous people close to Posey

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

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Joan MarshAmerican actress · b. 1913
Rick OwensAmerican fashion designer · b. 1961
Barbara BaxleyAmerican actress · b. 1923
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Joe SotoAmerican mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1987
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Jeff CottonGuitarist for Captain Beefheart and MU · b. 1948
Ryan ClarkAmerican musician · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

IdlewildIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Posey’s history

What year was Posey founded?

The Posey post office opened in 1915, 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 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.