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History · Gillisonville

Gillisonville’s post office opened in 1840, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Gillisonville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Its Register listing is the Gillisonville Baptist Church.

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How Gillisonville began

When was Gillisonville founded?

1840

The Gillisonville post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 183186 years
Founding year: the first Gillisonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Gillisonville’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 Gillisonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1840: 186 years of Gillisonville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gillisonville’s history is told.

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Timeline

Gillisonville, 1819 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Born hereJames Tillinghast Archer is born here
  3. 1840Post officeThe Gillisonville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1927Post officeThe Gillisonville post office closes
The story

How Gillisonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Gillisonville.

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A post office called Gillisonville was in operation from 1840 until 1927. During the Civil War, Gillisonville was nearly obliterated by order of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.

Gillisonville Baptist Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gillisonville has hosted PGA Tour since 2021 as replacement tournaments. During the 2020-21 season, the Palmetto Championship, a one-off tournament to replace the RBC Canadian Open, was held in June 2021. During the 2022-23 PGA Tour season, the CJ Cup, normally held in Korea, is slated to be held in Gillisonville.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Gillisonville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1971
Gillisonville Baptist Church
Gillisonville Baptist Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Gillisonville Baptist ChurchGreek Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Gillisonville had its own post office from 1840 to 1927.

Gillisonville
1840–1927
18401930today

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

Questions about Gillisonville’s history

What year was Gillisonville founded?

The Gillisonville post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Gillisonville?

One place: the Gillisonville Baptist Church (listed 1971).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.