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Crabtree’s post office opened in 1887, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge.

1887first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Crabtree began

When was Crabtree founded?

1887

The Crabtree post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 406139 years
Founding year: the first Crabtree post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Crabtree’s past

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How Crabtree came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crabtree.

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In 1880, a branch line of the Southern Pacific Railroad was built, (now owned by the Albany & Eastern Railroad) and at its intersection with the Santiam Wagon Road a depot was built. This station was named Crabtree, and a post office was established there on February 28, 1887. In 1890, resident John Meyer built the first store in Crabtree. The first store burned down prior to 1923. In 1909, the Crabtree Christian Church was established, and the building was dedicated on May 29, 1910. In 1913, prominent Crabtree resident William Turnidge built a hardware store on the site of a former cream station which was sold to Sillman Wirt in June 1917. After prohibition, the store became the Crabtree Tavern which was in operation until 2013. In 1919, George Vana built a garage in Crabtree which housed the Crabtree Garage until 1937. The building was later used as a barber shop. In 1923, a new gener…

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By decade

Crabtree, decade by decade

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Crabtree Tavern2008Crabtree TavernCrabtree Post Office2008Crabtree Post Office
On the National Register

1 historic place in Crabtree

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge
Structures
Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered BridgeBuilt 1936

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Crabtree’s post office has been open since 1887.

Gone or out of use
Crabtree SchoolschoolKleinschmidt Airportairport

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

Questions about Crabtree’s history

What year was Crabtree founded?

The Crabtree post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Crabtree?

One place: the Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge (listed 1987).

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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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.