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History · Almedia

Almedia’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Almedia was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1894 on.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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How Almedia began

When was Almedia founded?

1889

The Almedia post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,040137 years
Founding year: the first Almedia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Almedia’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 Almedia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18946 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1999. Watch Almedia change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Almedia’s history is told.

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On the map

Almedia on the map, 1894 to 1999

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

Almedia on the 1894 USGS mapAlmedia on the 1947 USGS mapAlmedia on the 1953 USGS mapAlmedia on the 1969 USGS mapAlmedia on the 1975 USGS mapAlmedia on the 1999 USGS map1894Bloomsburg 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 Almedia.

The story

How Almedia came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Almedia.

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Almedia was once called Afton. There used to be lime quarries and coal-dredging industries near Almedia.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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 Almedia

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

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Haldan Keffer HartlineAmerican neuroscientist · b. 1903
Krysten RitterAmerican actress · b. 1981
William H. WoodinAmerican politician · b. 1868
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Richard Sharpe ShaverAmerican writer and conspiracy theorist · b. 1907
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Emile SantiagoAmerican costume designer · b. 1899
Frank Eugene LutzAmerican entomologist · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lime RidgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEspyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMain TownshipIts storyC+Scott TownshipIts storyC+South Centre TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Almedia’s history

What year was Almedia founded?

The Almedia post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.