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History · Pingree

Pingree’s post office opened in 1882, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1900 on, and the census since 1920.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Pingree’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Pingree began

When was Pingree founded?

1882

The Pingree post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 286 in 19202020 census: 41144 years
Founding year: the first Pingree post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pingree’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1991. Watch Pingree change.
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Start Pingree’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pingree’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Pingree on the map, 1900 to 1991

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

Pingree on the 1900 USGS mapPingree on the 1951 USGS mapPingree on the 1991 USGS map1900Pingree 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 Pingree.

The story

How Pingree came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pingree.

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A post office called Pingree was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1993. The city's name honors Hazen S. Pingree, Mayor of Detroit, Michigan.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pingree, 1882 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Pingree post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1912In the archiveDairying pays at Pingree, N.D
  6. 1993Post officeThe Pingree post office closes
By decade

Pingree, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Dairying pays at Pingree, N.D1912Dairying pays at Pingree, N.D
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Dairying pays at Pingree, N.D
Retake this viewDairying pays at Pingree, N.D, 1912

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pingree’s page.

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People over time

Pingree, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 286

Between 41 and 286 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pingree had its own post office from 1882 to 1993.

Pingree
1882–1993
18801950today

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

Questions about Pingree’s history

What year was Pingree founded?

The Pingree post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, 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.