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History · Edinburg

Edinburg dates to 1887, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the State Bank of Edinburg and the Edinburg WPA Auditorium.

1887founded
2on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Edinburg began

When was Edinburg founded?

1887

Edinburg dates its founding to 1887 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). Its post office opened in 1882.

2020 census: 199139 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1882.The full story ↓

What stands out about Edinburg’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 Edinburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Edinburg’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edinburg’s history is told.

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The story

How Edinburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Edinburg.

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Edinburg was founded in 1887. The State Bank of Edinburg building, built in 1900, and the WPA Auditorium, built 1938, are both on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Edinburg, 1882 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Edinburgh post office opens
  3. 1887
    FoundingEdinburg is established
  4. 1892Post officeThe Edinburgh post office closes
  5. 1892Post officeThe Edinburg post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1938BuiltEdinburg WPA Auditorium is built
By decade

Edinburg, decade by decade

Today3 recent
20221019 112234 General Store and WPA Auditorium202220221019 112234 General Store and WPA Auditorium20221019 111607 State Bank of Edinburg building202220221019 111607 State Bank of Edinburg buildingNDMap-doton-Edinburg2004NDMap-doton-Edinburg
On the National Register

2 historic places in Edinburg

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
State Bank of Edinburg
State Bank of EdinburgEdinburg WPA Auditorium, built 1938
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Romanesque1
State Bank of EdinburgRomanesque
Edinburg WPA AuditoriumBuilt 1938

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Edinburg

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

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Neil LevangAmerican musician · b. 1932
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Herm WitasekAmerican basketball player · b. 1913
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Edinburg’s post office has been open since 1892. Another post office, Edinburgh, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Edinburgh
1882–1892
Edinburg
1892–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Edinburg’s history

What year was Edinburg founded?

In 1887, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Edinburg’s post office opened in 1882.

What is on the National Register in Edinburg?

Two places: the State Bank of Edinburg (listed 2001) and the Edinburg WPA Auditorium (2013).

Memory lane

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 (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.