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History · Acequia

Acequia’s post office opened in 1907

Most of Acequia was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Acequia began

When was Acequia founded?

1907

The Acequia post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Scherrer (1905), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 107 in 19602020 census: 131119 years
Founding year: the first Acequia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Acequia’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 so far

Acequia, in brief

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

Acequia (pronounced ah-SEE-kwa) is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 131 at the 2020 census. The town is named for the Spanish word for canal.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 124 to 131 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Acequia, 1905 to 1981

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Scherrer post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Scherrer post office closes
  4. 1907Post officeThe Acequia post office opens
  5. 1936Born hereJohn Stevenson is born here
  6. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1981Post officeThe Acequia post office closes
By decade

Acequia, decade by decade

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On the map

Acequia on the map, 1964 to 1993

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

Acequia on the 1964 USGS mapAcequia on the 1993 USGS map1964Acequia 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 Acequia.

People over time

Acequia, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 144

Between 100 and 144 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Acequia’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Acequia had its own post office from 1907 to 1981. Another post office, Scherrer, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Scherrer
1905–1907
Acequia
1907–1981
19001960today

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

Questions about Acequia’s history

What year was Acequia founded?

The Acequia 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.