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History · Gannett

Gannett’s post office opened in 1911, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Gannett began

When was Gannett founded?

1911

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

2020 census: 174115 years
Founding year: the first Gannett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gannett’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 Gannett are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Gannett’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gannett’s history is told.

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The story so far

Gannett, in brief

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

Gannett is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Blaine County in the U.S. state of Idaho. The population at the 2020 census was 174. Gannett is located 8 mi (12.9 km) southeast of Bellevue on Gannett Road between State Highway 75 and U.S. Route 20.

Its first post office opened in 1911.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Gannett

Nobody well known was born in Gannett itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dree HemingwayAmerican model and actress · b. 1987
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Kaitlyn FarringtonAmerican snowboarder and gold medalist · b. 1989
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Joe CannonAmerican soccer player · b. 1975
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Marianna DavisAmerican Paralympic cyclist · b. 1972
Bob MizerAmerican photographer and filmmaker · b. 1922
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Talbot JenningsAmerican screenwriter · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Gannett had its own post office from 1911 to 1966.

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1911–1966
19101970today

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

Questions about Gannett’s history

What year was Gannett founded?

The Gannett post office opened in 1911, 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 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.