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Doyle’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Doyle was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1970.

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How Doyle began

When was Doyle founded?

1909

The Doyle post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Doyle Station (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 446 in 19702020 census: 493117 years
Founding year: the first Doyle post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Doyle’s past

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

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The story

How Doyle came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Doyle.

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Doyle, originally known as Doyle Station, developed as a railroad stop in the early 1880s. By 1884, Doyle College had been established, and would operate in the town for more than four decades. Goodspeed's History of White County, Tennessee, published in the late 1880s, indicated the town had about 150 residents. The town incorporated in 1905.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Doyle, 1884 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Doyle Station post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Doyle Station post office closes
  5. 1909Post officeThe Doyle post office opens
  6. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Doyle, decade by decade

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On the map

Doyle on the map, 1960 to 1979

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

Doyle on the 1960 USGS mapDoyle on the 1979 USGS map1960Doyle sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Doyle.

People over time

Doyle, census by census

0100200300400500600198020002020Peak: 537

Between 344 and 537 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Doyle’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Doyle’s post office has been open since 1909. Another post office, Doyle Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Doyle Station
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Doyle
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1cemetery inside Doyle
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Doyle’s history

What year was Doyle founded?

The Doyle post office opened in 1909, 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 Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.