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Pioche’s post office opened in 1870, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it

5 places in town are on the National Register.

1870first post office
5on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Pioche began

When was Pioche founded?

1870

The Pioche post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 933156 years

How historic is Pioche?

B

More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Pioche post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Pioche’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pioche is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pioche’s overall grade.
Founding era1870, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194012.8% of homes (±10.2) · typical NV town 0.3% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register5 listings, 48.5 per 10,000 residents · typical NV town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 62%
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Few Nevada towns list much on the Register (a typical Nevada town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pioche’s 48.5 sits above most of its state (89% of Nevada towns have fewer) while its 5 listings outnumber those of 70% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±10.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

On the National Register

5 historic places in Pioche

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

places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Lincoln County Courthouse
Lincoln County CourthouseBrown's Hall-Thompson's Opera House1938 Lincoln County CourthouseGem Theater, built 1937Pioche Firehouse
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian1
Greek Revival1
Modern Movement1
Art Deco1
Lincoln County CourthouseBuilding
Brown's Hall-Thompson's Opera HouseVictorian
1938 Lincoln County CourthouseModern Movement
Gem TheaterBuilt 1937
All 5 listings
Pioche FirehouseBuilding · listed 2018

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Pioche’s post office has been open since 1870.

Gone or out of use
Amalgamated Pioche MinemineClaflinlocaleCombined Metals Reduction Company MilllocaleFloral SpringslocaleManhattan MilllocaleNevada Desmoins MinemineNumber One ShaftmineNumber Three ShaftmineOhio Kentucky MineminePacific TunnelmineRaymond Ely Extension Minemine
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pioche
Independent Order of Odd Fellows MasonicPioche Boot HillPioche Public

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

Questions about Pioche’s history

What year was Pioche founded?

The Pioche post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Pioche rank for history?

Pioche is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Pioche?

5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Lincoln County Courthouse (listed 1978, the first).

How old are the homes in Pioche?

13% of Pioche’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.2 points), against a typical 0.3% for a Nevada town; the median home was built in 1985.

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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).

From the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.