Taft’s post office opened in 1904, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
Most of Taft was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.
How Taft began, and where its name came from
When was Taft founded?
The Taft post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Taft get its name?
It is named for President William Howard Taft.
2 historic places in Taft
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.
Questions about Taft’s history
What year was Taft founded?
The Taft post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Taft?
Two places: the Taft City Hall (listed 1984) and the Moton School Campus Historic District (2025).
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 (2), 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.