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Most of Lloydsville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lloydsville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Lloydsville.
A former variant name was Loydsville. Lloydsville or Loydsville was laid out in 1831 by Joshua Loyd, and named for him. A post office called Lloydsville was established in 1832, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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