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Lometa’s post office opened in 1886, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Lometa began

When was Lometa founded?

1886

The Lometa post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 753140 years
Founding year: the first Lometa post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lometa’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 Lometa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lometa’s homes were built before 1960.
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How Lometa came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lometa.

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The name Lometa originates from an English transliteration of the Spanish word lomita meaning "little hill".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Lometa, decade by decade

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Questions about Lometa’s history

What year was Lometa founded?

The Lometa post office opened in 1886, 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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.