Mount Hood’s post office opened in 1890, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Mount Hood was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Its Register listing is the Mt. Hood School House.
How Mount Hood began, and where its name came from
When was Mount Hood founded?
The Mount Hood post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Mount Hood get its name?
The community was developed on land owned by a settler named Tieman, and the post office was named for Mount Hood, the most notable object in the landscape.
1 historic place in Mount Hood
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices and places now gone
Mount Hood had its own post office from 1890 to 1976.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Mount Hood’s history
What year was Mount Hood founded?
The Mount Hood post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Mount Hood?
One place: the Mt. Hood School House (listed 1987).
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 (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.