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Stockport’s post office opened in 1888, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Stockport began

When was Stockport founded?

1888

The Stockport post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 272138 years
Founding year: the first Stockport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stockport’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 Stockport are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stockport’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stockport’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stockport, in brief

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

Stockport is a city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 272 at the time of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 296 to 272 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Stockport, 1888 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Stockport post office opens
  3. 1896Born hereJ. Craig Ruby is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1924Born hereWayne McLeland is born here
By decade

Stockport, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Stockport

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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J. Craig RubyAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1896
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Wayne McLelandAmerican baseball player · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Stockport’s post office has been open since 1888.

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 Stockport’s history

What year was Stockport founded?

The Stockport post office opened in 1888, 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 (5), 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.