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Clearbrook’s post office opened in 1910, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Clearbrook began

When was Clearbrook founded?

1910

The Clearbrook post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 464116 years
Founding year: the first Clearbrook post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Clearbrook’s past

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How Clearbrook came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clearbrook.

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A post office called Clearbrook has been in operation since 1910. The city was named for a small brook near the original town site.

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Places that used to be

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Clearbrook’s post office has been open since 1910.

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

Questions about Clearbrook’s history

What year was Clearbrook founded?

The Clearbrook post office opened in 1910, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.