The story so far
Tradesville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tradesville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Its first post office opened in 1880.
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History · Tradesville
Tradesville’s post office opened in 1880
Most of Tradesville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1971 on.
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0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Tradesville began
When was Tradesville founded?
1880
The Tradesville post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 253146 years
Founding year: the first Tradesville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Tradesville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Tradesville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tradesville’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.Timeline
Tradesville, 1880 to 1971
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1880Post officeThe Tradesville post office opens
- 20th century
- 1928Post officeThe Tradesville post office closes
- 1971
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Tradesville on the map, 1971 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tradesville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1971Tradesville sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tradesville.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Tradesville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Tradesville had its own post office from 1880 to 1928.
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Tradesville’s history
What year was Tradesville founded?
The Tradesville post office opened in 1880, 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 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.