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History · Kokomo

Kokomo’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Kokomo was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2010. Below: maps from 1970 on.

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How Kokomo began

When was Kokomo founded?

1910

The Kokomo post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 150116 years
Founding year: the first Kokomo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kokomo’s past

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

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How Kokomo came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kokomo.

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Kokomo was organized by the family of Phillip Enoch of Fernwood, Mississippi, around 1912. The Enochs planned to build a railroad east from Tylertown and established railroad stops along the planned route. Kokomo was the last planned station, but the railroad was never constructed. Kokomo was once home to a turpentine distillery, blacksmith shops, café, barbershop, grocery stores, gristmills, and a pharmacy.

A school first began operating in Kokomo in 1904. The Kokomo High School was closed in 1959.

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On the map

Kokomo on the map in 1970

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kokomo.

Kokomo on the 1970 USGS map1970Kokomo sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Kokomo’s history

What year was Kokomo founded?

The Kokomo post office opened in 1910, 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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.