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Switz City’s post office opened in 1869, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Switz City began

When was Switz City founded?

1869

The Switz City post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 268157 years
Founding year: the first Switz City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Switz City’s past

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

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How Switz City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Switz City.

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The Switz City post office was established in 1869. The town was named in honor of one or more members of the Switz family of early settlers.

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Switz City, decade by decade

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Questions about Switz City’s history

What year was Switz City founded?

The Switz City post office opened in 1869, 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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.