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History · Arietta

Arietta’s post office opened in 1877, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1840.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Arietta began

When was Arietta founded?

1877

The Arietta post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Rudeston (1886) and Higgins Bay (1938), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 209 in 18402020 census: 292149 years
Founding year: the first Arietta post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Arietta’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 Arietta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Arietta, and 6 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Arietta’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arietta’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Arietta had its own post office from 1877 to 1896. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Piseco
1839–today
Arietta
1877–1896
Rudeston
1886–1913
Higgins Bay
1938–1962
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Averys PlaceHiggins BayPisecoPowley PlaceRudestonShaker Place

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

The story

How Arietta came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Arietta.

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The town of Arietta was formed in 1836, from the town of Lake Pleasant. In 1837, part of Arietta was used to form part of the town of Long Lake. Another part of Arietta was added to Long Lake in 1861.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Arietta, 1839 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Piseco post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Arietta post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Rudeston post office opens
  5. 1896Post officeThe Arietta post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1913Post officeThe Rudeston post office closes
By decade

Arietta, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Death Brook Falls2024Death Brook FallsG Lake 20132013G Lake 2013Sand Lake in2011Sand Lake inRoutes 8 and 102008Routes 8 and 10Routes 8 and 10 Arietta edited2008Routes 8 and 10 Arietta edited
On the map

Arietta on the map in 1903

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Arietta.

Arietta on the 1903 USGS map1903Lassellsville 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 Arietta.

People over time

Arietta, census by census

01002003001850190019502000Peak: 357

Between 98 and 357 people in every census since 1840.

19 censuses, 1840–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Arietta’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Arietta

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

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Solomon NorthupFree-born African American kidnapped by slave-t… · b. 1808
Wilbur Olin AtwaterAmerican agricultural chemist (1844–1907); deve… · b. 1844
David L. BrainardUnited States general · b. 1856
Eben E. RexfordAmerican lyricist and horticulturist · b. 1848
Leonard VolkUnited States sculptor · b. 1828
Ray W. JonesAmerican politician · b. 1855
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Long Lake9 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorehouseIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Pleasant6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCaroga1 historic placeA−Indian Lake6 historic placesB+Wells1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStratfordIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpeculator2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInlet1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Arietta’s history

What year was Arietta founded?

The Arietta post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.