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History · Lavinia

Lavinia’s post office opened in 1854

Most of Lavinia was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1966 on.

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How Lavinia began

When was Lavinia founded?

1854

The Lavinia post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 81172 years
Founding year: the first Lavinia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lavinia’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 Lavinia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lavinia, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1854.

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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

Lavinia on the map, 1966 to 1983

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

Lavinia on the 1966 USGS mapLavinia on the 1977 USGS mapLavinia on the 1983 USGS map1966Spring Creek 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 Lavinia.

Questions about Lavinia’s history

What year was Lavinia founded?

The Lavinia post office opened in 1854, 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.