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History · Bledsoe

Bledsoe dates to 1925

Most of Bledsoe was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1958. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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How Bledsoe began

When was Bledsoe founded?

1925

Bledsoe dates its founding to 1925 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1926.

2020 census: 56101 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1926.The full story ↓

What stands out about Bledsoe’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bledsoe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bledsoe’s homes were built before 1958.
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How Bledsoe came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bledsoe.

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Bledsoe was founded in 1925 as the terminus of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, and named for Samuel T. Bledsoe, the line's president. The town gained its original prosperity through its function as a cattle-shipping station, and reached its greatest population of 400 in 1930. The Great Depression had dire effect on the community and throughout the remainder of the 20th century the population continued to dwindle; the last recorded figure put the 1990 population at 125.

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Timeline

Bledsoe, 1925 to 1954

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925
    FoundingBledsoe is established
  3. 1926Post officeThe Bledsoe post office opens
  4. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Bledsoe on the map, 1954 to 1962

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

Bledsoe on the 1954 USGS mapBledsoe on the 1962 USGS map1954Brownfield sheet · 1:250,000

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

Questions about Bledsoe’s history

What year was Bledsoe founded?

In 1925, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Bledsoe’s post office opened in 1926.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.