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History · Momeyer

Momeyer’s post office opened in 1902, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 2000.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Momeyer began

When was Momeyer founded?

1902

The Momeyer post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 291 in 20002020 census: 277124 years
Founding year: the first Momeyer post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Momeyer’s past

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

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The story so far

Momeyer, in brief

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

Momeyer ( MOH-mahy-uhr) is a town in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 277 in 2020.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 224 to 277 (+24%).

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

Timeline

Momeyer, 1902 to 1929

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Momeyer post office opens
  3. 1902On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1929Post officeThe Momeyer post office closes
By decade

Momeyer, decade by decade

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On the map

Momeyer on the map, 1902 to 1981

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

Momeyer on the 1902 USGS mapMomeyer on the 1981 USGS map1902Spring Hope sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Momeyer.

People over time

Momeyer, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 291

Between 224 and 291 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Momeyer

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

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Thelonious MonkAmerican jazz pianist and composer · b. 1917
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadAmerican actress · b. 1984
Roy CooperAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1957
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Martha HuntAmerican model · b. 1989
Gregory WalcottActor · b. 1928
Buck WilliamsAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1960
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Momeyer had its own post office from 1902 to 1929.

Momeyer
1902–1929
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Momeyer’s history

What year was Momeyer founded?

The Momeyer post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.