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History · Lockwood

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

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23%homes built before 1940
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How Lockwood began

When was Lockwood founded?

1881

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

2020 census: 846145 years
Founding year: the first Lockwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lockwood’s past

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The story

How Lockwood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lockwood.

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Lockwood was platted in 1881. The community was named after J. E. Lockwood, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Lockwood since 1881.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lockwood, 1877 to 1901

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Eldridge post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Lockwood post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Born hereJ. Paul Leonard is born here
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Places that used to be

Old place names

Lockwood’s post office has been open since 1881.

Eldridge
1877–today
Lockwood
1881–today
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Lockwood’s history

What year was Lockwood founded?

The Lockwood post office opened in 1881, 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.