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History · Karnak

Karnak’s post office opened in 1905, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1905first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Karnak began

When was Karnak founded?

1905

The Karnak post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 430121 years
Founding year: the first Karnak post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Karnak’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 Karnak are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Karnak’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Karnak’s history is told.

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The story

How Karnak came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Karnak.

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A post office called Karnak has been in operation since 1905. The village, which resides in the Little Egypt region, was named after the Karnak temple site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Karnak, decade by decade

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House2019HouseKarnak First UMC2016Karnak First UMCKarnak First Pentecostal Church2016Karnak First Pentecostal ChurchFirst and Washington in2013First and Washington in
Famous people

Famous people close to Karnak

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

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Oscar MicheauxAmerican writer and director · b. 1884
Caroline SmithAmerican diver · b. 1906
Rex IngramAmerican actor (1895/1903–1969) · b. 1895
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D. R. FulkersonAmerican mathematician · b. 1924
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Levi CaseyAmerican triple jumper · b. 1904
Annie MaloneAmerican businesswoman · b. 1869

Questions about Karnak’s history

What year was Karnak founded?

The Karnak post office opened in 1905, 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 (3), the Library of Congress (1), 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.