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History · Verdigre

Verdigre’s post office opened in 1912, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Z.C.B.J. Opera House and the Commercial Hotel, The. Its Register listings are the Z.C.B.J. Opera House and the Commercial Hotel, The.

1912first post office
2on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Verdigre began

When was Verdigre founded?

1912

The Verdigre post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Verdigris Valley (1874) and Verdigris (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 554114 years
Founding year: the first Verdigre post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Verdigre’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 Verdigre are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Verdigre.Old housesHalf of Verdigre’s homes were built before 1960.
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Start Verdigre’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Verdigre’s post office has been open since 1912. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Verdigris Valley
1874–1884
Verdigris
1888–1912
Verdigre
1912–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Historic Grist MilllocaleVerdigrelocale

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

The story

How Verdigre came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Verdigre.

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Verdigre was platted in 1887 shortly before the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It took its name from nearby Verdigre Creek.

Verdigre was the site of a fatal injury during a professional wrestling tag team match on June 13, 1971, when Alberto Torres was hurt while competing against Ox Baker. Torres died of a ruptured appendix four days after being hurt.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Verdigre, 1874 to 1917

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Verdigris Valley post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Verdigris Valley post office closes
  4. 1888Post officeThe Verdigris post office opens
  5. 1889Born hereWilliam R. Schmidt is born here
  6. 20th century
  7. 1912Post officeThe Verdigris post office closes
  8. 1912Post officeThe Verdigre post office opens
  9. 1917Born herePauline Davis is born here
By decade

Verdigre, decade by decade

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Verdigre

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Z.C.B.J. Opera House
Z.C.B.J. Opera HouseCommercial Hotel, The
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

One-part Commercial Block1
Z.C.B.J. Opera HouseOne-part Commercial Block
Commercial Hotel, TheBuilding

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Verdigre

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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William R. SchmidtUnited States general · b. 1889
Pauline DavisAmerican politician · b. 1917

Questions about Verdigre’s history

What year was Verdigre founded?

The Verdigre post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Verdigre?

Two places: the Z.C.B.J. Opera House (listed 1988) and the Commercial Hotel, The (1990).

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.