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History · Mont Ida

Mont Ida’s post office opened in 1881

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How Mont Ida began

When was Mont Ida founded?

1881

The Mont Ida post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 23145 years
Founding year: the first Mont Ida post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
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Questions about Mont Ida’s history

What year was Mont Ida founded?

The Mont Ida post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →