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Most of Blue Eye was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006.
The Blue Eye post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blue Eye’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Blue Eye.
The first permanent settlement at Blue Eye was made in the 1860s. According to tradition, Blue Eye was so named from the noted blue eye color of an early postmaster.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nobody well known was born in Blue Eye itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Blue Eye post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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