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History · Weldona

Weldona’s post office opened in 1907, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Weldona began

When was Weldona founded?

1907

The Weldona post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Deuel (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 113119 years
Founding year: the first Weldona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Weldona’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Weldona came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Weldona.

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The Weldona post office has been in operation since 1907. The community was named after one General Weldon.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Weldona, 1883 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Deuel post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Deuel post office closes
  5. 1907Post officeThe Weldona post office opens
  6. 1910Born hereEldora Lorenzini is born here
  7. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Weldona on the map, 1951 to 1984

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

Weldona on the 1951 USGS mapWeldona on the 1971 USGS mapWeldona on the 1984 USGS map1951Weldona 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 Weldona.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Weldona’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Deuel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Deuel
1883–1907
Weldona
1907–today
18801950today

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

Questions about Weldona’s history

What year was Weldona founded?

The Weldona post office opened in 1907, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.