Marble’s post office opened in 1890, and 8 of its places are on the National Register
Most of Marble was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.
How Marble began
When was Marble founded?
The Marble post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
8 historic places in Marble
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Marble
Nobody well known was born in Marble itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices and places now gone
Marble had its own post office from 1890 to 1942.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Marble’s history
What year was Marble founded?
The Marble post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Marble?
8 listings: 7 buildings and 1 site. 18 historic buildings in all.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (8), 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.