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History · Lasker

Lasker’s post office opened in 1884, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1900.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Lasker began

When was Lasker founded?

1884

The Lasker post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 121 in 19002020 census: 64142 years
Founding year: the first Lasker post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lasker’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lasker are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 203 in 1910; 64 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Lasker’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lasker’s history is told.

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People over time

Lasker, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 203

Peaked at 203 in 1910; 64 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lasker’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Lasker, in brief

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

Lasker is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lasker had a population of 64. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 122 to 64 (-48%).

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

Timeline

Lasker, 1884 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Lasker post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 203
  5. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Lasker on the map, 1974 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lasker. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lasker on the 1974 USGS mapLasker on the 1985 USGS mapLasker on the 1997 USGS map1974Rich Square 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 Lasker.

Questions about Lasker’s history

What year was Lasker founded?

The Lasker post office opened in 1884, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.