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Dime Box’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Dime Box was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1919 on.

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How Dime Box began, and where its name came from

When was Dime Box founded?

1884

The Dime Box post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 207142 years

How did Dime Box get its name?

It is named after what is now called Old Dime Box.

Founding year: the first Dime Box post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Dime Box’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 Dime Box are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1989. Watch Dime Box change.
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Dime Box on the map, 1919 to 1989

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

Dime Box on the 1919 USGS mapDime Box on the 1959 USGS mapDime Box on the 1989 USGS map1919Dime Box sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Dime Box came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dime Box.

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In 1913, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line three miles southeast of the original location of Dime Box. Most of the residents and businesses moved to a site near the tracks. From that point onward, the original settlement became known as Old Dime Box and the new community was referred to as Dime Box.

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Questions about Dime Box’s history

What year was Dime Box founded?

The Dime Box post office opened in 1884, 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 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.