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History · Conconully

Conconully’s post office opened in 1888, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Conconully was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Its Register listing is the Okanogan Project: Conconully Resevoir Dam. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1906 on, and the census since 1890.

1888first post office
1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Conconully began

When was Conconully founded?

1888

The Conconully post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1908.

First census: 232 in 18902020 census: 193138 years
Founding year: the first Conconully post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1908.The full story ↓

What stands out about Conconully’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 357 in 1910; 193 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Conconully’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conconully’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewWater Uses - Irrigation - Crops/ Livest…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Conconully, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 357

Peaked at 357 in 1910; 193 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Conconully’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Conconully came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Conconully.

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The name Conconully comes from the Okanogan name for Salmon Creek, /qʷúnqʷunɬp/, which flows from Conconully to the Okanogan River at Okanogan. According to historian Harry M. Majors, the word means "cloudy". Originally named Salmon City after the nearby Salmon Creek, Conconully began as a gold miners camp, and served as the county seat from 1888 to 1914. It was officially incorporated on November 11, 1908.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Conconully, 1888 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Conconully post office opens
  3. 1893Born hereRoy Proebstel is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 357
By decade

Conconully, decade by decade

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Conconully WA- Sit N Bull Bar & Restaurant2020Conconully WA- Sit N Bull Bar & RestaurantConconully WA- Post Office2020Conconully WA- Post OfficeConconully WA- Old Forest Service Bunkhouse built by CCC 19362020Conconully WA- Old Forest Service Bunkhouse built by …Conconully2010Conconully
On the map

Conconully on the map, 1906 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Conconully. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Conconully on the 1906 USGS mapConconully on the 1984 USGS map1906Chopaka sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Conconully.

Every building

Conconully, building by building, 1909–1929

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Conconully fire insurance map, 1909, sheet 11909Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Water Uses - Irrigation - Crops/ Livestock
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Conconully’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Conconully

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Okanogan Project: Conconully Resevoir Dam
Structures
Okanogan Project: Conconully Resevoir DamStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Conconully’s history

What year was Conconully founded?

The Conconully post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1908.

What is on the National Register in Conconully?

One place: the Okanogan Project: Conconully Resevoir Dam (listed 1974).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.