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History · Lumberton

Lumberton’s post office opened in 1894

Most of Lumberton was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1955 on.

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How Lumberton began

When was Lumberton founded?

1894

The Lumberton post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 70132 years
Founding year: the first Lumberton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lumberton’s past

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How Lumberton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lumberton.

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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad constructed its San Juan Extension through the area in 1882. About 1894 a lumberman, E.M. Biggs, bought 40 acres from a ranch owned by Francisco Lobato, and laid out the townsite, naming it for the sawmills which he built there. A post office was established in 1894, which closed on January 28, 1995. Biggs also built extensive logging railroads north and south, the last of which were removed by 1928 when the marketable timber had been exhausted. The D&RG also closed and was removed in 1969.

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On the map

Lumberton on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

Lumberton on the 1955 USGS mapLumberton on the 1983 USGS map1955Lumberton 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 Lumberton.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lumberton

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

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Hugh HarmanAmerican animator · b. 1903
Brian BairdAmerican psychologist, politician and universit… · b. 1956
Duane WardAmerican baseball player · b. 1964
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Morgan SparksAmerican physical chemist · b. 1916
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Mariangela PinoAmerican actress · b. 1953
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Walter K. MartinezAmerican politician and lawyer · b. 1930

Questions about Lumberton’s history

What year was Lumberton founded?

The Lumberton post office opened in 1894, 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 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.