Triumph’s post office opened in 1896, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
Most of Triumph was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007.
How Triumph began
When was Triumph founded?
The Triumph post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Fort Jackson (1830) and Buras Settlement (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2 historic places in Triumph
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. 2 are National Historic Landmarks, the highest tier.
★ Landmark
★ LandmarkNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Triumph had its own post office from 1896 to 1965. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Triumph’s history
What year was Triumph founded?
The Triumph post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Triumph?
Two places: the Fort Jackson (listed 1966) and the Fort St. Philip (1966).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.