Lima’s post office opened in 1907, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Rosenwald Hall.
How Lima began
When was Lima founded?
The Lima post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, New Lima (1929), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
1 historic place in Lima
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Lima
Nobody well known was born in Lima itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Lima had its own post office from 1907 to 1957. Another post office, New Lima, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Lima’s history
What year was Lima founded?
The Lima post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Lima?
One place: the Rosenwald Hall (listed 1984).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), 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.