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Stewart’s post office opened in 1879, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

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33%homes built before 1940
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How Stewart began

When was Stewart founded?

1879

The Stewart post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Collins (1871), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 489147 years
Founding year: the first Stewart post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Stewart’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 Stewart are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stewart’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stewart’s history is told.

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The story

How Stewart came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stewart.

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Stewart was platted in 1888 by Dr. D. A. Stewart, and named for him. Stewart was incorporated in 1888.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Stewart, 1871 to 1879

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Collins post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Collins post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Stewart post office opens
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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Stewart’s post office has been open since 1879. Another post office, Collins, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Collins
1871–1879
Stewart
1879–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Remus Trailer Lots

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.

Collins TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRound Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stewart’s history

What year was Stewart founded?

The Stewart post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.