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More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #109 of 142 in Oregon. What drives it
Most of Aloha was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Its Register listings are the M. E. Blanton House, the Aloha Farmhouse and the Andrew Jackson and Sarah Jane Masters House. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1916 on, and the census since 1980.
The Aloha post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Huber (1916), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 15% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Aloha is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #109 of 142 in Oregon. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Oregon towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oregon town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Aloha’s 0.8 sits near the middle of its state (37% of Oregon towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Aloha’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Aloha. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Aloha.
From Wikipedia’s history of Aloha.
Wheeler was named for Ira Wheeler, an early inhabitant of the area, who owned land on and around Kinnaman Road and 185th Avenue. In 1893, the Wheeler Subdivision was platted. Trains started stopping in Wheeler in 1907, and a station was established on October 31 1907. A school district was established in 1911.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltAndrew Jackson and Sarah Jane Masters House is built
BuiltM. E. Blanton House is built
BuiltAloha Farmhouse is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveAerial view Tualatin Hills Nature Park 1998One decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
Between 28,353 and 53,828 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Aloha’s Wikipedia page.
Aloha had its own post office from 1912 to 1954. Another post office, Huber, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Aloha post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Aloha is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #109 of 142 in Oregon. 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.
Three places: the M. E. Blanton House (listed 1989), the Aloha Farmhouse (2014) and the Andrew Jackson and Sarah Jane Masters House (2015).
0.8% of Aloha’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 5.3% for an Oregon town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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