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History · Coral

Coral’s post office opened in 1902, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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How Coral began

When was Coral founded?

1902

The Coral post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 288124 years
Founding year: the first Coral post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Coral’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 Coral are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Coral’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coral’s history is told.

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The story so far

Coral, in brief

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

Coral is a census-designated place located in Center Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located between the borough of Homer City and the community of Black Lick on U.S. Route 119. It is bordered to the north by Graceton. As of the 2010 census the population of Coral was 325.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 288 (-11%).

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

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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On the map

Coral on the map, 1963 to 1981

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

Coral on the 1963 USGS mapCoral on the 1973 USGS mapCoral on the 1981 USGS map1963Indiana sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Coral.

Famous people

Famous people close to Coral

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

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James StewartAmerican actor and military officer · b. 1908
Edward AbbeyAmerican author and essayist · b. 1927
Renée FlemingAmerican opera soprano · b. 1959
Patricia RobertsonAmerican astronaut · b. 1963
Jack SonniAmerican musician · b. 1954
Paul McCandlessAmerican musician · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

GracetonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Coral’s history

What year was Coral founded?

The Coral post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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