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Aragon’s post office opened in 1906, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Aragon began

When was Aragon founded?

1906

The Aragon post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Joseph (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 76120 years
Founding year: the first Aragon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Aragon’s post office has been open since 1906. Another post office, Joseph, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Joseph
1887–1906
Aragon
1906–today
18801950today
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 Aragon’s history

What year was Aragon founded?

The Aragon post office opened in 1906, 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 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.