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History · Buhl

Buhl’s post office opened in 1900, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Buhl Public Library and the Buhl Village Hall. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1910.

1900first post office
2on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Buhl began

When was Buhl founded?

1900

The Buhl post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,005 in 19102020 census: 952126 years
Founding year: the first Buhl post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Buhl’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 Buhl are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,007 in 1920; 952 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Buhl’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buhl’s history is told.

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People over time

Buhl, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,007

Peaked at 2,007 in 1920; 952 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Buhl’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Buhl came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Buhl.

Read it all →

A post office called Buhl has been in operation since 1900. The city was named for Frank H. Buhl, a businessman in the mining industry. Buhl was incorporated on February 25, 1901.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Buhl, 1900 to 1951

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Buhl post office opens
  3. 1913BuiltBuhl Village Hall is built
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 2,007
  5. 1931Born hereDavid Peter Battaglia is born here
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Buhl on the map, 1951 to 1983

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

Buhl on the 1951 USGS mapBuhl on the 1969 USGS mapBuhl on the 1976 USGS mapBuhl on the 1983 USGS map1951Buhl 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 Buhl.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Buhl

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Buhl Public Library
Buhl Public LibraryBuhl Village Hall, built 1913
BuildingsSites

Architectural styles listings

Beaux Arts1
Buhl Public LibraryBuilding
Buhl Village HallBeaux Arts · Built 1913

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Buhl’s post office has been open since 1900.

Gone or out of use
Grant MinemineGrant MinemineJudson MinemineMargaret MinemineShiras MinemineWabigon MinemineWanless MinemineWanless MinemineWhiteside Minemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Great Scott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Buhl’s history

What year was Buhl founded?

The Buhl post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Buhl?

Two places: the Buhl Public Library (listed 1983) and the Buhl Village Hall (1983).

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.