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History · Faywood

Faywood’s post office opened in 1901, and 4 of its places are on the National Register

Below: maps from 1956 on.

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How Faywood began

When was Faywood founded?

1901

The Faywood post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dwyer (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 33125 years
Founding year: the first Faywood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Faywood’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 Faywood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Faywood’s history is told.

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On the National Register

4 historic places in Faywood

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

places listed
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Eby, Tom, Storage Building
Eby, Tom, Storage Building, built 1888Maria J. and Juan Trujillo House, built 1870Trinidad Andazola House, built 1893Soliz-Baca House
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All 4 listings
Eby, Tom, Storage BuildingBuilding · listed 1988Maria J. and Juan Trujillo HouseBuilding · listed 1988Trinidad Andazola HouseBuilding · listed 1988Soliz-Baca HouseBuilding · listed 1988

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

The story

How Faywood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Faywood.

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The area was the site of hot springs which drew visitors from 1859, when a hotel and bath house was built by William Watts. By 1900, the Faywood settlement was created and named for the developers of the Faywood Hot Springs, J.C. Fay, William Lockwood. A third developer was T.C. McDermott. The post office was moved northeast to Dwyer, but is still named the Faywood Post Office.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Faywood, 1870 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870BuiltMaria J. and Juan Trujillo House is built
  3. 1888BuiltEby, Tom, Storage Building is built
  4. 1893BuiltTrinidad Andazola House is built
  5. 1895Post officeThe Dwyer post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Faywood post office opens
  8. 1917Post officeThe Dwyer post office closes
  9. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Faywood on the map, 1956 to 1985

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

Faywood on the 1956 USGS mapFaywood on the 1985 USGS map1956Dwyer sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Faywood.

Famous people

Famous people close to Faywood

Nobody well known was born in Faywood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Paul BenedictAmerican actor · b. 1938
Elisa QuintanaAmerican astronomer · b. 1973
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Nacio Herb BrownAmerican writer of popular songs, movie scores,… · b. 1896
James TenneyAmerican composer and music theorist · b. 1934
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Leslie GravesAmerican actress · b. 1959
Karen ShepherdUnited States Congresswoman from Utah · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Faywood’s post office has been open since 1901. Another post office, Dwyer, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dwyer
1895–1917
Faywood
1901–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Dwyer
Gone or out of use
Dwyer Post Officepost officeNAN Ranchlocale

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

Questions about Faywood’s history

What year was Faywood founded?

The Faywood 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 Faywood?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Eby, Tom, Storage Building (listed 1988, the first). 8 historic buildings in all.

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 the National Register of Historic Places (4), 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.