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History · Leoma

Leoma’s post office opened in 1911, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1936 on.

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26%homes built before 1940
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How Leoma began

When was Leoma founded?

1911

The Leoma post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dean's (1846), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 464115 years
Founding year: the first Leoma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Leoma’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 Leoma are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leoma’s history is told.

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The story so far

Leoma, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1911.

Timeline

Leoma, 1846 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Dean's post office opens
  3. 1846Post officeThe Dean's post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1911Post officeThe Leoma post office opens
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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.

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On the map

Leoma on the map, 1936 to 1988

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

Leoma on the 1936 USGS mapLeoma on the 1951 USGS mapLeoma on the 1966 USGS mapLeoma on the 1988 USGS map1936Lawrenceburg 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 Leoma.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Leoma’s post office has been open since 1911. Another post office, Dean's, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dean's
1846–1846
Leoma
1911–today
18401930today
1cemetery inside Leoma
Leoma

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

Questions about Leoma’s history

What year was Leoma founded?

The Leoma post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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.