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History · Mamers

Mamers’ post office opened in 1914, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

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Quick answers

How Mamers began

When was Mamers founded?

1914

The Mamers post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Harrington (1834), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 814112 years
Founding year: the first Mamers post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mamers’ 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 Mamers are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mamers’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mamers, in brief

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

Mamers ( MAY-murs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mamers had a population of 814. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 826 in 2010, 814 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Mamers, 1834 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Harrington post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Harrington post office closes
  5. 1914Post officeThe Mamers post office opens
  6. 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

Mamers on the map, 1974 to 1981

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

Mamers on the 1974 USGS mapMamers on the 1981 USGS map1974Mamers 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 Mamers.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mamers

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

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Jeff HardyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1977
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Matt HardyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1974
Brian Tyree HenryAmerican actor · b. 1982
Link WrayAmerican guitarist · b. 1929
Ellen S. BakerAmerican physician and astronaut · b. 1953
Hiram Rhodes RevelsAmerican politician · b. 1827
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Mamers’s post office has been open since 1914. Another post office, Harrington, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Harrington
1834–1909
Mamers
1914–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Boone Trail

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mamers’ history

What year was Mamers founded?

The Mamers post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.