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Twin Valley’s post office opened in 1878, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Twin Valley began

When was Twin Valley founded?

1878

The Twin Valley post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 723148 years
Founding year: the first Twin Valley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Twin Valley’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 Twin Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Twin Valley’s homes were built before 1962.
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How Twin Valley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Twin Valley.

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A post office called Twin Valley has been in operation since 1878. The city was named for its location in a valley where the Wild Rice River is met by a smaller stream.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Twin Valley’s post office has been open since 1878.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Twin Valley Mobile Home Park
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4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Twin Valley
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Twin Valley’s history

What year was Twin Valley founded?

The Twin Valley post office opened in 1878, 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, 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.