Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Blodgett

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Blodgett

Blodgett’s post office opened in 1888, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1939 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Blodgett began

When was Blodgett founded?

1888

The Blodgett post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Emrick (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 42138 years
Founding year: the first Blodgett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blodgett’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 Blodgett are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Blodgett’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blodgett’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Blodgett, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blodgett yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Blodgett is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States, where Oregon Route 180 meets U.S. Route 20 in the Central Oregon Coast Range 15 miles (24 km) west of Corvallis. It is near the confluence of the Tumtum and Marys rivers. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 42. Blodgett was named for pioneer settler William Blodgett. The post office was established in April 1888 with the name "Emrick", for a local family, and was changed to Blodgett shortly thereafter. Its ZIP code is 97326. Blodgett is part of the Philomath School District. The 38-student Blodgett Elementary School serves kindergarten through fourth grade; …

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 58 to 42 (-28%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Blodgett, 1888 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Blodgett post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Emrick post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Emrick post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Blodgett, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Blodgett Country Store2013Blodgett Country Store
On the map

Blodgett on the map, 1939 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Blodgett. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Blodgett on the 1939 USGS mapBlodgett on the 1942 USGS mapBlodgett on the 1957 USGS mapBlodgett on the 1984 USGS map1939Marys Peak 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 Blodgett.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blodgett

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

See all →
Carl WiemanNobel prize winning US physicist · b. 1951
M
Meredith BrooksAmerican singer, songwriter, musician and produ… · b. 1958
Johnnie RayAmerican singer and pianist · b. 1927
Mark HatfieldAmerican politician, governor of Oregon and U. … · b. 1922
Barbara Roberts1936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Sec… · b. 1936
JR ReedAmerican actor · b. 1967
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Blodgett’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Emrick, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Blodgett
1888–today
Emrick
1888–1888
18801950today

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

Questions about Blodgett’s history

What year was Blodgett founded?

The Blodgett post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.