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History · Peck

Peck’s post office opened in 1896, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the American Women's League Chapter House.

1896first post office
1on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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How Peck began

When was Peck founded?

1896

The Peck post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 166130 years
Founding year: the first Peck post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Peck

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
American Women's League Chapter House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Prairie Style1

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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Questions about Peck’s history

What year was Peck founded?

The Peck post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Peck?

One place: the American Women's League Chapter House (listed 1986).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.