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History · Conroy

Conroy’s post office opened in 1885, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

1885first post office
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34%homes built before 1940
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How Conroy began

When was Conroy founded?

1885

The Conroy post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 252141 years
Founding year: the first Conroy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Conroy’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 Conroy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Conroy’s homes were built before 1944.
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The story

How Conroy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Conroy.

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Conroy's population was 12 in 1902, and 100 in 1925. The population was 160 in 1940.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Conroy, decade by decade

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Hilton Township Hall2025Hilton Township HallConroy Iowa Park2025Conroy Iowa Park
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Conroy’s post office has been open since 1885.

Gone or out of use
Conroylocale
1cemetery inside Conroy
Trinity Lutheran

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

Questions about Conroy’s history

What year was Conroy founded?

The Conroy post office opened in 1885, 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 (2), Wikipedia, 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.