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History · Pomaria

Pomaria’s post office opened in 1840, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Hatton House and the Folk-Holloway House.

1840first post office
2on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Pomaria began

When was Pomaria founded?

1840

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

2020 census: 127186 years
Founding year: the first Pomaria post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Pomaria

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Hatton House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Italianate1
Classical Revival1
Federal1
Greek Revival1

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

Questions about Pomaria’s history

What year was Pomaria founded?

The Pomaria 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 Pomaria?

Two places: the Hatton House (listed 1990) and the Folk-Holloway House (1992).

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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 (2), 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.