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History · Candor

Candor’s post office opened in 1885, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Candor began

When was Candor founded?

1885

The Candor post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 813141 years
Founding year: the first Candor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Candor’s past

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Candor, in brief

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Candor is a town in Montgomery and Moore counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 813 at the 2020 census. Candor is the home of the North Carolina Peach Festival, held every year on the third Saturday of July.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 840 to 813 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Questions about Candor’s history

What year was Candor founded?

The Candor post office opened in 1885, 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 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.