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History · Bogota

Bogota’s post office opened in 1891, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1939 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Bogota began

When was Bogota founded?

1891

The Bogota post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 112135 years
Founding year: the first Bogota post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bogota’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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

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The story so far

Bogota, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bogota yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bogota is a small farming community in Dyer County, Tennessee. It is located ten miles northwest of Dyersburg. Bogota was formerly home to Bogota Elementary School. Its zip code is 38007. Population is 89 according to the 2020 census. The Post Office within walking distance of most of the 89 inhabitants, ZIP 38007. The community is near the Obion River, several miles inland from the Mississippi River. The 2,293-acre (928 ha) Bogota Wildlife Management Area is one of several waterfowl hunting areas that the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency maintains in the Obion River floodplain. Flood waters reached Bogota in May 2011 when the Mississippi River flooded. Bogota was mentioned in the NBC sh…

Its first post office opened in 1891.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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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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On the map

Bogota on the map, 1939 to 1983

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

Bogota on the 1939 USGS mapBogota on the 1952 USGS mapBogota on the 1961 USGS mapBogota on the 1983 USGS map1939Dyersburg 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 Bogota.

Questions about Bogota’s history

What year was Bogota founded?

The Bogota post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.