The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Ingold.
The Samuel Johnson House and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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History · Ingold
Ingold’s post office opened in 1884, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Ingold was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Samuel Johnson House and Cemetery. Below: maps from 1959 on.
1884first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Ingold began
When was Ingold founded?
1884
The Ingold post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 416142 years
Founding year: the first Ingold post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Ingold’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Ingold’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ingold’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Ingold on the map, 1959 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ingold. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Garland sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ingold.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Ingold
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Samuel Johnson House and Cemetery
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Federal1
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Ingold itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Ingold’s history
What year was Ingold founded?
The Ingold post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Ingold?
One place: the Samuel Johnson House and Cemetery (listed 1986).
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Sources
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, 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.