The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Gramling.
Gramling was founded in the 1890s. A post office has been in operation at Gramling since 1892.
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History · Gramling
Gramling’s post office opened in 1892, and 71% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1907 on.
1892first post office
0on the National Register
71%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Gramling began
When was Gramling founded?
1892
The Gramling post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 81134 years
Founding year: the first Gramling post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Gramling’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Gramling’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gramling’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Gramling on the map, 1907 to 1983
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gramling. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Saluda sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gramling.
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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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Nobody well known was born in Gramling itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Celia WestonAmerican actress · b. 1951L
Lee HaneyAmerican bodybuilder · b. 1959
Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
Gramling’s post office has been open since 1892.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mascot
1cemetery inside Gramling
Gramling United Methodist Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Gramling’s history
What year was Gramling founded?
The Gramling post office opened in 1892, 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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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.