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History · Garner

Garner’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Garner was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

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How Garner began

When was Garner founded?

1890

The Garner post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 397136 years
Founding year: the first Garner post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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How Garner came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Garner.

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The original settlement in the area was called Trappe Springs and was founded in the 1850s by a small group of families. The current town was settled in the 1880s, half a mile west of the original site, and named Garner after a local gin operator. For most of the 20th century, the town has experienced steady growth, from approximately 40 residents in 1914 to 98 in 1990. A post office was located in Garner from around 1890 to 1970.

The town has a Baptist church, an elementary/middle school, and several small businesses.

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Timeline

Garner, 1890 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Garner post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Born hereJack L. Knight is born here
  5. 1966Post officeThe Garner post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Garner had its own post office from 1890 to 1966.

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

Questions about Garner’s history

What year was Garner founded?

The Garner post office opened in 1890, 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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.