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History · Monico

Monico’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Monico was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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How Monico began

When was Monico founded?

1884

The Monico post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 260142 years
Founding year: the first Monico post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Monico had its own post office from 1884 to 1989.

Monico
1884–1989
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Maple Ridge SchoolschoolMonico Fire Towertower

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Schoepke2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPiehlIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelicanIts storyCCrandonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStellaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Monico’s history

What year was Monico founded?

The Monico post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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.