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History · Angie

Angie’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Angie was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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How Angie began

When was Angie founded?

1906

The Angie post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 258120 years
Founding year: the first Angie post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Angie are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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How Angie came to be

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Angie was named for Angeline Bateman McMillan, an elderly member of the family who were the original owners of the town site.

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Angie, decade by decade

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Questions about Angie’s history

What year was Angie founded?

The Angie post office opened in 1906, 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 (3), Wikipedia, 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.