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History · Floris

Floris’ post office opened in 1849, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

1849first post office
0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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How Floris began

When was Floris founded?

1849

The Floris post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 116177 years
Founding year: the first Floris post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Floris’s post office has been open since 1849.

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

Questions about Floris’ history

What year was Floris founded?

The Floris post office opened in 1849, 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 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.