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History · Lazear

Lazear’s post office opened in 1912, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Lazear began

When was Lazear founded?

1912

The Lazear post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 168114 years
Founding year: the first Lazear post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lazear’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 Lazear 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 Lazear’s history is told.

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The story

How Lazear came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lazear.

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The Lazear Post Office has been in operation since 1912. The community has the name of J. B. Lazear, the original owner of the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Lazear, decade by decade

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On the map

Lazear on the map, 1955 to 1978

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

Lazear on the 1955 USGS mapLazear on the 1978 USGS map1955Lazear 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 Lazear.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Lazear’s post office has been open since 1912.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rogers Mesa

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

Questions about Lazear’s history

What year was Lazear founded?

The Lazear post office opened in 1912, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.