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History · Verdel

Verdel’s post office opened in 1895, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1910.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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How Verdel began

When was Verdel founded?

1895

The Verdel post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 162 in 19102020 census: 38131 years
Founding year: the first Verdel post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Verdel’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 Verdel are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Verdel’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verdel’s history is told.

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The story

How Verdel came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Verdel.

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Verdel got its start at its current site circa 1902, when the Chicago and North Western Railroad was extended to that point. The name Verdel is derived from the Spanish word verde, meaning "green".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Verdel, decade by decade

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On the map

Verdel on the map in 1950

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Verdel.

Verdel on the 1950 USGS map1950Verdel 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 Verdel.

People over time

Verdel, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 162

Between 30 and 162 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Verdel’s post office has been open since 1895.

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

Questions about Verdel’s history

What year was Verdel founded?

The Verdel post office opened in 1895, 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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (16), 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.