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History · Newbury

Newbury’s post office opened in 1870, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1870first post office
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Quick answers

How Newbury began

When was Newbury founded?

1870

The Newbury post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 78156 years
Founding year: the first Newbury post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Newbury’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 Newbury are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Newbury change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newbury’s history is told.

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On the map

Newbury on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Newbury on the 1889 USGS mapNewbury on the 1894 USGS mapNewbury on the 1954 USGS mapNewbury on the 1978 USGS mapNewbury on the 1985 USGS mapNewbury on the 1990 USGS map1889Wamego sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newbury.

The story

How Newbury came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Newbury.

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A post office was opened in Newbury in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1888.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Newbury, decade by decade

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church2009Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Famous people

Famous people close to Newbury

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

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Wendell HallAmerican musician · b. 1896
John CarrollAmerican politician · b. 1929
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Dean GriffingGridiron football player, coach, and executive · b. 1913
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Fred TornedenAmerican long-distance runner · b. 1957
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Lew LaneAmerican football coach · b. 1899

Questions about Newbury’s history

What year was Newbury founded?

The Newbury post office opened in 1870, 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 (1), Wikipedia 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.