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Luray’s post office opened in 1889

Below: maps from 1955 on.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Luray began

When was Luray founded?

1889

The Luray post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 197137 years
Founding year: the first Luray post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Luray’s past

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

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Luray, in brief

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

Luray is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States. The zipcode is: 38352.

Its first post office opened in 1889.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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On the map

Luray on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

Luray on the 1955 USGS mapLuray on the 1983 USGS map1955Luray 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 Luray.

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Luray’s post office has been open since 1889.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Russell Crossroads
Gone or out of use
Luray Schoolschool

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

Questions about Luray’s history

What year was Luray founded?

The Luray post office opened in 1889, 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.