Counce’s post office opened in 1898, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Counce was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 2 buildings.
How Counce began
When was Counce founded?
The Counce post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.
1 historic place in Counce
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Counce’s post office has been open since 1898.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Counce’s history
What year was Counce founded?
The Counce post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Counce?
One place: the Pickwick Landing Hydroelectric Project (listed 2017).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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.