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History · Conway

Conway’s post office opened in 1887

Most of Conway was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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How Conway began

When was Conway founded?

1887

The Conway post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kirby (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 752139 years
Founding year: the first Conway post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Conway’s past

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The story so far

Conway, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Conway yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Conway is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Conway had a population of 752. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 836 to 752 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Conway, 1880 to 1887

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Kirby post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Kirby post office closes
  4. 1887Post officeThe Conway post office opens
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Famous people

Famous people close to Conway

Nobody well known was born in Conway itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chris DaughtryAmerican musician and American Idol contestant · b. 1979
Kent BazemoreAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
George GrizzardAmerican actor · b. 1928
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Ella MitchellAmerican actress · b. 1937
Richard HudsonAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1971
Chuck BrownAmerican guitarist, bandleader and singer · b. 1936
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Conway’s post office has been open since 1887. Another post office, Kirby, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Kirby
1880–1887
Conway
1887–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Conway’s history

What year was Conway founded?

The Conway post office opened in 1887, 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 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.