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Peaster’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Peaster was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986.

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How Peaster began

When was Peaster founded?

1890

The Peaster post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fremont (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

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Founding year: the first Peaster post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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How Peaster came to be

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Settlement began in the 1870s when Georgia native H.H. Peaster bought 160 acres (65 ha) of land and built a house. The community that developed near the site of his home was originally called Freemont; in 1885 the name was changed to Peasterville. Throughout the 20th century, Peaster has served area farmers as a school and church community. During the mid-1920s the town's population grew to approximately 300, but this was soon followed by a steep decline after the Great Depression. From 1975 to 1990, Peaster had around 80 residents. Current estimates put the population at approximately 100.

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Timeline

Peaster, 1886 to 1890

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Fremont post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Fremont post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Peaster post office opens
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Peaster, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Peaster’s post office has been open since 1890. Another post office, Fremont, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fremont
1886–1890
Peaster
1890–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Peaster’s history

What year was Peaster founded?

The Peaster 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, 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.