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History · Alonzaville

Alonzaville’s post office opened in 1870

Most of Alonzaville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

1870first post office
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How Alonzaville began

When was Alonzaville founded?

1870

The Alonzaville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 2022.

156 years
Founding year: the first Alonzaville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 2022.

What stands out about Alonzaville’s past

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The story so far

Alonzaville, in brief

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Alonzaville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Alonzaville lies at the crossroads of Virginia Secondary Routes 623 and 604. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Alonzaville has also been known as Alonzoville and Alorzaville.

Its first post office opened in 1870.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Alonzaville had its own post office from 1870 to 1905.

Alonzaville
1870–1905
18701950today
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Pleasant Grove Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Alonzaville
Mount Zion Lutheran Church

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

Questions about Alonzaville’s history

What year was Alonzaville founded?

The Alonzaville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 2022.

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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 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.