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History · El Moro

El Moro’s post office opened in 1876

Most of El Moro was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
Quick answers

How El Moro began

When was El Moro founded?

1876

The El Moro post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 216150 years
Founding year: the first El Moro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

El Moro had its own post office from 1876 to 1933.

El Moro
1876–1933
18701950today
1cemetery inside El Moro
Rivera

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about El Moro’s history

What year was El Moro founded?

The El Moro post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.