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History · Louviers

Louviers’ post office opened in 1907, and 82% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 88 buildings.

1907first post office
2on the National Register
82%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Louviers began

When was Louviers founded?

1907

The Louviers post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 293119 years
Founding year: the first Louviers post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 listings protect 89 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
89
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Louviers Village Club
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Bungalow/Craftsman2
Late 19th and Early 20th Century Movements1
Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals1
Lake Gothic Revival1
American Foursquare1
Hipped Box Wood Frame Cottage1

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Louviers’s post office has been open since 1907.

Gone or out of use
South Metro Fire Rescue Station 41building

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

Questions about Louviers’ history

What year was Louviers founded?

The Louviers post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Louviers?

Two places: the Louviers Village Club (listed 1995) and the Louviers Village (1999).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.