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History · Raymond

Raymond’s post office opened in 1889, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Raymond began

When was Raymond founded?

1889

The Raymond post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Croydon (1875), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 782137 years
Founding year: the first Raymond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Raymond’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 Raymond are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Raymond’s history is told.

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The story

How Raymond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Raymond.

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Raymond was platted in 1887, and named for Raymond Spicer, the son of a first settler. A post office has been in operation at Raymond since 1889.

On March 30, 2023, an early morning BNSF freight train carrying 40 cars including 14 cars hauling ethanol, derailed near downtown Raymond.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Raymond, 1875 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Croydon post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Croydon post office closes
  4. 1889Post officeThe Raymond post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1911Born hereWilliam A. Mitchell is born here
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Raymond’s post office has been open since 1889. Another post office, Croydon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Croydon
1875–1889
Raymond
1889–today
18701950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Raymond
FairviewSaint John's Lutheran

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.

Edwards TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLone Tree TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Raymond’s history

What year was Raymond founded?

The Raymond post office opened in 1889, 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.