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Seaboard’s post office opened in 1853, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 107 buildings. Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1880.

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How Seaboard began

When was Seaboard founded?

1853

The Seaboard post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 167 in 18802020 census: 542173 years
Founding year: the first Seaboard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Seaboard’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 Seaboard are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Seabord Historic District takes in 107 historic buildings.Boom and bustPeaked at 791 in 1990; 542 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seaboard’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 107 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2005
Seabord Historic District
Seabord Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Colonial Revival1
Tudor Revival1
Bungalow/Craftsman1
Seabord Historic DistrictQueen Anne

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Seaboard, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 791

Peaked at 791 in 1990; 542 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story

How Seaboard came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Seaboard.

Read it all →

The area was settled in about 1750. It was incorporated in 1877 and named for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.

The Seaboard Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Seaboard, 1853 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Seaboard post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Born hereMarshall Parker is born here
  5. 1929Born hereWilson Roosevelt Jerman is born here
  6. 1938Born hereWilson Goode is born here
  7. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1978Born hereMalcolm Tann is born here
  9. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 791
By decade

Seaboard, decade by decade

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On the map

Seaboard on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Seaboard on the 1974 USGS mapSeaboard on the 1985 USGS map1974Jackson 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 Seaboard.

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Seaboard

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Wilson Roosevelt JermanWhite House butler · b. 1929
Wilson GoodeAmerican politician · b. 1938
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Marshall ParkerAmerican politician in South Carolina · b. 1922
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Malcolm TannAmerican boxer · b. 1978
Nicholas Franklin RobertsBaptist minister and educator · b. 1849

Questions about Seaboard’s history

What year was Seaboard founded?

The Seaboard post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Seaboard?

One place: the Seabord Historic District (listed 2005).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.