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History · Aleppo Township

Aleppo Township’s post office opened in 1869, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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How Aleppo Township began

When was Aleppo Township founded?

1869

The Aleppo Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Big Tree (1869), Wise (1881) and McCracken (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 429157 years
Founding year: the first Aleppo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Aleppo Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Aleppo Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Aleppo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1973. Watch Aleppo Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Aleppo
1869–today
Big Tree
1869–1904
Wise
1881–1882
McCracken
1888–1918
Higbee
1890–1911
Morford
1891–1908
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AleppoHigbeeMcCrackenMorfordQuiet DellWindy Gap
Gone or out of use
Highbee Post Officepost office
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Aleppo Township
CentennialDunkardEvansKuhnMcVaySlonakerSugar GroveTedrowWindy GapWise

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

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Start Aleppo Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Aleppo Township on the map, 1905 to 1973

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

Aleppo Township on the 1905 USGS mapAleppo Township on the 1964 USGS mapAleppo Township on the 1973 USGS map1905Rogersville 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 Aleppo Township.

The story

How Aleppo Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Aleppo Township.

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A post office called Aleppo has been in operation since 1869. The community was named after the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Aleppo Township, 1869 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Aleppo post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Big Tree post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Wise post office opens
  5. 1882Post officeThe Wise post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Big Tree post office closes
  8. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Aleppo Township

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

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Brad PaisleyAmerican country musician · b. 1972
Shelley Moore CapitoUnited States Senator from West Virginia · b. 1953
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Coleman ScottOlympic wrestler · b. 1986
F
Frank De VolAmerican composer and arranger · b. 1911
Arthur I. BoremanAmerican politician · b. 1823
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George BrettMajor League Baseball third baseman · b. 1953
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Springhill Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichhill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Aleppo Township’s history

What year was Aleppo Township founded?

The Aleppo Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.