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History · Fontanelle

Fontanelle’s post office opened in 1855, and 64% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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64%homes built before 1940
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How Fontanelle began

When was Fontanelle founded?

1855

The Fontanelle post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 67171 years
Founding year: the first Fontanelle post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Fontanelle

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

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

Questions about Fontanelle’s history

What year was Fontanelle founded?

The Fontanelle post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →