Guildhall’s post office opened in 1805, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 20 buildings.
How Guildhall began, and where its name came from
When was Guildhall founded?
The Guildhall post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Central (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
How did Guildhall get its name?
The name derives from a meeting house on the square called the Guildhall.
2 listings protect 21 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Guildhall’s post office has been open since 1805. Another post office, Central, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Guildhall’s history
What year was Guildhall founded?
The Guildhall post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Guildhall?
2 listings: 1 historic district, the Guildhall Village Historic District, with 20 contributing buildings. 21 historic buildings in all.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.