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History · Blairsville

Blairsville’s post office opened in 1838

Most of Blairsville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: 1 old photo or paper.

1838first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Blairsville began

When was Blairsville founded?

1838

The Blairsville post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.

188 years
Founding year: the first Blairsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Blairsville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Blairsville.
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Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewMahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoni…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Blairsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Blairsville.

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Blairsville was laid out in 1837 by Stephen Blair, and named for him. A post office was established at Blairsville in 1838, and remained in operation until 1902. With the construction of the railroad in 1880, business activity shifted to nearby Wadesville, and the town declined.

Blairsville contains the historic Blairsville Cemetery. A number of the interments are Civil War veterans.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Blairsville, decade by decade

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Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of GoodvilleDate?Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mi…
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Mahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville
Retake this viewMahoning Creek Trestle, Spanning Mahoning Creek, 1 mile West of Goodville

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Robinson TownshipIts storyC−Center TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Blairsville’s history

What year was Blairsville founded?

The Blairsville post office opened in 1838, 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 the Library of Congress (1) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.