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History · Garrison

Garrison’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Garrison was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1962. Below: maps from 1949 on.

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How Garrison began

When was Garrison founded?

1886

The Garrison post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 731140 years
Founding year: the first Garrison post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Garrison’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 Garrison are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Garrison’s homes were built before 1962.
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The story so far

Garrison, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Garrison yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Garrison is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 731 as of the 2020 census. Garrison has a post office with ZIP code 41141, which opened on February 26, 1886. The community is located along the Ohio River and Kentucky Route 8.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 866 to 731 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Garrison, 1886 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Garrison post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1960Born hereSteven C. Johnson is born here
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On the map

Garrison on the map, 1949 to 1995

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

Garrison on the 1949 USGS mapGarrison on the 1951 USGS mapGarrison on the 1974 USGS mapGarrison on the 1995 USGS map1949Garrison 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 Garrison.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Garrison’s post office has been open since 1886.

Gone or out of use
Garrison Railroad StationlocaleGarrison SchoolschoolKinnicunick Post Officepost officeQuincy Railroad Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Garrison
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Garrison’s history

What year was Garrison founded?

The Garrison post office opened in 1886, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.