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History · Sherwood

Sherwood dates to 1904, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

1904founded
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17%homes built before 1940
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How Sherwood began

When was Sherwood founded?

1904

Sherwood dates its founding to 1904 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). Its post office opened in 1903.

2020 census: 194122 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1903.The full story ↓

What stands out about Sherwood’s past

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The story

How Sherwood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sherwood.

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The town site of Sherwood was homesteaded by Bert C. Loomis. Loomis deeded the land to Sherwood H. Sleeper, who subsequently deeded the land to the Northern Town and Land Company or Corporation, who surveyed it into lots.

A site for a town was purchased by Sherwood H. Sleeper in the summer of 1904 on the NE quarter of Section 12, Range 85, Township 163. On August 4, 1904, the surveying and platting was begun and the town site plat was filed in Imperial Ward County on September 6, 1904. The town was named Sherwood.

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Timeline

Sherwood, 1903 to 1905

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Bolaker post office opens
  3. 1904
    FoundingSherwood is established
  4. 1905Post officeThe Bolaker post office closes
  5. 1905Post officeThe Sherwood post office opens
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Sherwood’s post office has been open since 1905. Another post office, Bolaker, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bolaker
1903–1905
Sherwood
1905–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Colquhoun TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sherwood’s history

What year was Sherwood founded?

In 1904, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Sherwood’s post office opened in 1903.

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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 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.