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History · Campobello

Campobello dates to 1840, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1907 on, and the census since 1880.

1840founded
0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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From Campobello’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Campobello began

When was Campobello founded?

1840

Campobello dates its founding to 1840 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 99 in 18802020 census: 675186 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1850.The full story ↓

What stands out about Campobello’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1983. Watch Campobello change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1840: 186 years of Campobello.
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Start Campobello’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCampobello - Monk Institute: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Campobello on the map, 1907 to 1983

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

Campobello on the 1907 USGS mapCampobello on the 1961 USGS mapCampobello on the 1983 USGS map1907Saluda sheet · 1:125,000

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

Timeline

Campobello, 1840 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840
    FoundingCampobello is established
  3. 1850Post officeThe Campobello post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906In the archiveCampobello - Monk Institute
  6. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1921Born hereThomas E. Atkins is born here
  8. 1921Born hereCharles E. Bishop is born here
The story

How Campobello came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Campobello.

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Campobello was founded in 1840. Campobello is a name derived from Italian meaning "beautiful field". A post office called Campobello has been in operation since 1850.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Campobello, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Campobello - Monk Institutec. 1906Campobello - Monk Institute
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 recent
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Campobello - Monk Institute
Retake this viewCampobello - Monk Institute, c. 1906

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Campobello’s page.

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People over time

Campobello, census by census

010020030040050060070018801900192019401960198020002020675

Grew from 99 people in 1880 to 675 in 2020, 6 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Campobello’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Campobello

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Thomas E. AtkinsUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1921
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Charles E. BishopAmerican economist · b. 1921
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Campobello’s post office has been open since 1850.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ingleside
Gone or out of use
Campobello Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Campobello
Campobello United Methodist ChurchIngleside Baptist Church

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.

LandrumIts storyC

Questions about Campobello’s history

What year was Campobello founded?

In 1840, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Campobello’s post office opened in 1850, and the census of 1880 counted 99 people here.

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 (7), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.