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History · Dillard

Dillard’s post office opened in 1884, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 2 buildings.

1884first post office
1on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Dillard began

When was Dillard founded?

1884

The Dillard post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Civil Bend (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 385142 years
Founding year: the first Dillard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Dillard’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 Dillard are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dillard’s history is told.

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The story so far

Dillard, in brief

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

Dillard is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. Dillard is south of the city of Winston. Dillard has a post office with ZIP code 97432. As of the 2020 census, Dillard had a population of 385.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 478 to 385 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Dillard, 1881 to 1888

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Civil Bend post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Dillard post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Civil Bend post office closes
By decade

Dillard, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Dillard, Oregon2011Dillard, Oregon
On the National Register

1 historic place in Dillard

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Moyer, C. E., Nurseries Property
Moyer, C. E., Nurseries Property
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Early 20th Century Movements1
Craftsman1
Vernacular1
All 1 listings
Moyer, C. E., Nurseries PropertyDistrict · listed 1988

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Dillard

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

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Jeff MerkleyAmerican politician · b. 1956
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Bobby HendersonFounder of Pastafarianism · b. 1980
Jean SaubertAlpine skier · b. 1942
TJ KluneAmerican writer of queer romantic fiction and f… · b. 1982
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Michael GarrisonElectronic musician · b. 1956
Josh BidwellPlayer of American football · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Dillard’s post office has been open since 1884. Another post office, Civil Bend, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Civil Bend
1881–1888
Dillard
1884–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Civil Bend
Gone or out of use
Civil Bend Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Winston2 historic placesC−

Questions about Dillard’s history

What year was Dillard founded?

The Dillard post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Dillard?

One place: the Moyer, C. E., Nurseries Property (listed 1988).

Memory lane

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

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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), 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.