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History · Drummond

Drummond’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Drummond was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1920.

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How Drummond began

When was Drummond founded?

1911

The Drummond post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 115 in 19202020 census: 13115 years
Founding year: the first Drummond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Drummond’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 Drummond are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Drummond, in brief

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

Drummond is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 13 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 16 to 13 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Drummond, 1911 to 1965

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Drummond post office opens
  3. 1961Post officeThe Drummond post office closes
  4. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Drummond, decade by decade

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On the map

Drummond on the map in 1965

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Drummond.

Drummond on the 1965 USGS map1965Drummond 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 Drummond.

People over time

Drummond, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 115

Between 13 and 115 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Drummond had its own post office from 1911 to 1961.

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

Questions about Drummond’s history

What year was Drummond founded?

The Drummond post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), 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.