Felida’s post office opened in 1890, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns · #92 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
Most of Felida was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Its Register listing is the Anderson-Beletski Prune Farm. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 1990.
Founding year: the first Felida post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Felida’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Felida is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #92 of 285 in Washington. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Felida’s overall grade.
Few Washington towns list much on the Register (a typical Washington town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Felida’s 9.2 sits above most of its state (84% of Washington towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Felida’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The area has important ties to the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806, being close to the Chinookan town of Cathlapotle, then a settlement of 700–800 people, with at least 14 substantial plank houses. The community's ties to the Chinookan people was commemorated by the construction of a replica of a Cathlapotle plank house at the nearby Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, which was dedicated March 29, 2005.
The Felida post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Felida rank for history?
Felida is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #92 of 285 in Washington. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Felida?
One place: the Anderson-Beletski Prune Farm (listed 1986).
How old are the homes in Felida?
0.7% of Felida’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.3% for a Washington town; the median home was built in 1997.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
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