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History · Redvale

Redvale’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Redvale was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1964 on.

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Quick answers

How Redvale began

When was Redvale founded?

1909

The Redvale post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 172117 years
Founding year: the first Redvale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Redvale, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Redvale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Redvale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The Redvale post office has the ZIP Code 81431. At the 2020 census, the population of the Redvale CDP was 172, down from 236 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 236 to 172 (-27%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Redvale, decade by decade

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On the map

Redvale on the map, 1964 to 1994

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

Redvale on the 1964 USGS mapRedvale on the 1994 USGS map1964Redvale 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 Redvale.

Famous people

Famous people close to Redvale

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

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Bill SymonsPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1943
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Vicki BeenAmerican lawyer · b. 1956
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Redvale’s post office has been open since 1909.

Gone or out of use
Johnstown MinemineKlondyke Minemine

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

Questions about Redvale’s history

What year was Redvale founded?

The Redvale post office opened in 1909, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.