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History · Arrey

Arrey’s post office opened in 1901, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Percha Diversion Dam. Below: maps from 1961 on.

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1on the National Register
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How Arrey began

When was Arrey founded?

1901

The Arrey post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 296125 years
Founding year: the first Arrey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Arrey’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Arrey came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Arrey.

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In 1890, the town was founded as Bonito when several Hispanic families made a deal with a cattle agent to settle here. The land was then deeded to the Butte Land and Cattle Company after the land was proved. In 1901 a post office was established, with Urbano Arrey, who gave his name to the community, as the first postmaster. Today descendants of the original homesteaders still live in the community.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Arrey on the map, 1961 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Arrey. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Arrey on the 1961 USGS mapArrey on the 1980 USGS mapArrey on the 1996 USGS map1961Garfield 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 Arrey.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Arrey

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

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first listed
1979
Percha Diversion Dam
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Percha Diversion DamSite

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

Questions about Arrey’s history

What year was Arrey founded?

The Arrey post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Arrey?

One place: the Percha Diversion Dam (listed 1979).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.