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History · Flintstone

Flintstone’s post office opened in 1824, and 91% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1899 on.

1824first post office
0on the National Register
91%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Flintstone’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Flintstone began

When was Flintstone founded?

1824

The Flintstone post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 167202 years
Founding year: the first Flintstone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Flintstone’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 18994 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1974. Watch Flintstone change.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers.Deep rootsA post office since 1824: 202 years of Flintstone.
★ What stands out · On the map

Flintstone on the map, 1899 to 1974

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

Flintstone on the 1899 USGS mapFlintstone on the 1900 USGS mapFlintstone on the 1950 USGS mapFlintstone on the 1974 USGS map1899Flintstone sheet · 1:62,500

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

By decade

Flintstone, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s12 items
William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Ro…William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Ro…William House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadWilliam House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson R…William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson R…William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson R…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Timeline

Flintstone, 1824 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824Post officeThe Flintstone post office opens
  3. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1933In the archiveWilliam House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road
The story so far

Flintstone, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1824. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 177 to 167 (-6%).

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road
Retake this viewWilliam House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road, 1933

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Flintstone’s page.

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Finish Flintstone’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewWilliam House Farm, Barn, East side of …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Flintstone’s history

What year was Flintstone founded?

The Flintstone post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (12), 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.