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History · Coalmont

Coalmont’s post office opened in 1901, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Coalmont began

When was Coalmont founded?

1901

The Coalmont post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 354125 years
Founding year: the first Coalmont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Coalmont’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 Coalmont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coalmont’s history is told.

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The story

How Coalmont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Coalmont.

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A post office was established at Coalmont in 1901. Deposits of coal in the area caused the name to be selected.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Coalmont on the map, 1940 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Coalmont. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Coalmont on the 1940 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1963 USGS mapCoalmont on the 1980 USGS map1940Jasonville 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 Coalmont.

Questions about Coalmont’s history

What year was Coalmont founded?

The Coalmont post office opened in 1901, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.