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History · Java

Java’s post office opened in 1901, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Java Depot.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Java began, and where its name came from

When was Java founded?

1901

The Java post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 121125 years

How did Java get its name?

Java derives its name from Java coffee, and Coffee Town was an early variant name.

More on the name

Java received its name from railroad crews on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Line who would stop for coffee in the town prior to the railroad's relocation in 1908.

Founding year: the first Java post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
On the National Register

1 historic place in Java

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
Java Depot
Java Depot
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Combination Depot1
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Java DepotBuilding · listed 2001

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

Questions about Java’s history

What year was Java founded?

The Java post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Java?

One place: the Java Depot (listed 2001).

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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), 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.