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Badger’s post office opened in 1882, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Badger began

When was Badger founded?

1882

The Badger post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 522144 years
Founding year: the first Badger post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Badger’s past

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The story so far

Badger, in brief

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

Badger is a Town in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 522 at the 2020 census. The town got its name from Badger Creek, which itself got its name when a group of soldiers from Fort Dodge in the early 1850s saw a badger for the first time.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 561 to 522 (-7%).

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

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Badger, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Badger’s post office has been open since 1882.

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

Questions about Badger’s history

What year was Badger founded?

The Badger post office opened in 1882, 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 (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.