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History · Eolia

Eolia’s post office opened in 1881, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the St. John's Episcopal Church. Below: maps from 1937 on and the census since 1970.

1881first post office
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Eolia began, and where its name came from

When was Eolia founded?

1881

The Eolia post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 321 in 19702020 census: 472145 years

How did Eolia get its name?

The community was named for Aeolus, the ruler of winds in Greek mythology, because the day on which the surveying was done was one of the windiest the surveyor had ever seen..

Founding year: the first Eolia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Eolia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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How Eolia came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eolia.

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Eolia was platted in 1881 along the railroad line. The community was named for Aeolus, the ruler of winds in Greek mythology, because the day on which the surveying was done was one of the windiest the surveyor had ever seen. . A post office called Eolia has been in operation since 1881.

The Griffith–McCune Farmstead Historic District and St. John's Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eolia, 1856 to 1937

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856BuiltSt. John's Episcopal Church is built
  3. 1881Post officeThe Eolia post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1937On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Eolia on the map, 1937 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eolia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Eolia on the 1937 USGS mapEolia on the 1975 USGS mapEolia on the 1984 USGS map1937Silex sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eolia.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Eolia

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, built 1856
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Gothic Revival1
St. John's Episcopal ChurchGreek Revival · Built 1856

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Eolia, census by census

0100200300400500198020002020Peak: 522

Between 321 and 522 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eolia’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Eolia’s history

What year was Eolia founded?

The Eolia post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Eolia?

One place: the St. John's Episcopal Church (listed 1970).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.