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Neeses’ post office opened in 1898

Most of Neeses was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1910.

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How Neeses began

When was Neeses founded?

1898

The Neeses post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Neese (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 143 in 19102020 census: 320128 years
Founding year: the first Neeses post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Neeses’ 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 Neeses are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 557 in 1980; 320 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Neeses’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Neeses, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 557

Peaked at 557 in 1980; 320 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Neeses came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Neeses.

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Neeses was originally founded as Silver Springs, changing its name to its current form on September 29, 1898, to honor Mayor John W. Neese, who funded railway expansion through the town through a right of way sale in 1891.

John W. Neese had been postmaster of "Neeses", located in his mercantile store from 8/24/1886 until 5/23/1887, and postmaster of the Silver Spring post office from 11/4/1893 until 9/29/1898, when it was renamed "Neeses #2", since the town was renamed in his honor. The Neeses post office provides service to the people of Neeses and surrounding unincorporated areas, mainly in Elizabeth Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Neeses, 1886 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Neese post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Neese post office closes
  4. 1898Post officeThe Neeses post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 557
By decade

Neeses, decade by decade

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On the map

Neeses on the map, 1946 to 1988

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

Neeses on the 1946 USGS mapNeeses on the 1988 USGS map1946Woodford 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 Neeses.

Famous people

Famous people close to Neeses

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

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Eartha KittAmerican singer and actress · b. 1927
Viola DavisAmerican actress and producer · b. 1965
Nikki HaleyAmerican politician and diplomat · b. 1972
Shawnee SmithAmerican actress · b. 1969
Shelton BenjaminAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1975
Monique ColemanAmerican actress · b. 1980
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Neeses’s post office has been open since 1898. Another post office, Neese, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Neese
1886–1887
Neeses
1898–today
18801950today

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.

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

Questions about Neeses’ history

What year was Neeses founded?

The Neeses post office opened in 1898, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, 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.