Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Dukedom

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Dukedom

Dukedom’s post office opened in 1833, and 64% of its homes were built before 1940

1833first post office
0on the National Register
64%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

How Dukedom began

When was Dukedom founded?

1833

The Dukedom post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 103193 years
Founding year: the first Dukedom post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Dukedom’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Dukedom are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Dukedom’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Dukedom.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Dukedom’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Dukedom came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dukedom.

Read it all →

A post office was established on the Tennessee side in 1833. The community probably derives its name from Duke A. Beadles, first postmaster.

Dukedom is connected with General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who served for the Confederacy in the Civil War. A Kentucky highway historical marker in the community reads:

CSA Gen. N. B. Forrest with main body of cavalry passed this way before and after destructive raid on Paducah, March 25, 1864. Returning, Kentucky regiments, camping near here, given leave to seek food, horses, get recruits, visit families. Not one deserted. News item led Forrest to send men back through here again, April 14, to capture horses missed before.

ChaptersAmerican Civil War

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Dukedom

Nobody well known was born in Dukedom itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Hayden WhiteAmerican historian · b. 1928
Leigh-Allyn BakerAmerican actress · b. 1972
M
Molly SimsAmerican actress · b. 1973
Jackie DeShannonAmerican singer-songwriter (b. 1941) · b. 1941
Adrian SmithAmerican basketball player · b. 1936
C
Cleanth BrooksAmerican literary critic and academic · b. 1906

Questions about Dukedom’s history

What year was Dukedom founded?

The Dukedom post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 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.