Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Fleming

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Fleming

Fleming’s post office opened in 1888, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1920.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Fleming began

When was Fleming founded?

1888

The Fleming post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 518 in 19202020 census: 428138 years
Founding year: the first Fleming post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Fleming’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 Fleming are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Fleming’s homes were built before 1960.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Fleming’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fleming’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Fleming came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fleming.

Read it all →

The Fleming, Colorado, post office opened on August 8, 1888, and the Town of Fleming was incorporated on May 5, 1917. Fleming was named for Henry Bascom Fleming, a railroad official.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Fleming, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Fleming, Colorado2013Fleming, ColoradoBuildinginFleming,CO2008BuildinginFleming,COCOMap-doton-Fleming2005COMap-doton-Fleming
On the map

Fleming on the map in 1962

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fleming.

Fleming on the 1962 USGS map1962Fleming sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Fleming, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 518

Between 344 and 518 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fleming

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

See all →
Ralph EdwardsRadio and television host and producer · b. 1913
Herman ShumlinAmerican theatre director and producer · b. 1898
D
Dan ChaonAmerican writer · b. 1964
Donald G. BrotzmanAmerican politician · b. 1922
N
Nancy Ekholm BurkertAmerican illustrator · b. 1933
Greg BrophyAmerican politician · b. 1966

Questions about Fleming’s history

What year was Fleming founded?

The Fleming post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.