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History · Ojibwa

Ojibwa’s post office opened in 1919, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Ojibwa was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Its Register listings are the Hall-Raynor Stopping Place and the Ojibwa Courier Press Building.

1919first post office
2on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Ojibwa began

When was Ojibwa founded?

1919

The Ojibwa post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 307107 years
Founding year: the first Ojibwa post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Ojibwa

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Hall-Raynor Stopping Place
All 2 listings

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Ojibwa had its own post office from 1919 to 1986.

Ojibwa
1919–1986
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Bishop Bridge SchoolschoolO K Camplocale

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.

Questions about Ojibwa’s history

What year was Ojibwa founded?

The Ojibwa post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ojibwa?

Two places: the Hall-Raynor Stopping Place (listed 1979) and the Ojibwa Courier Press Building (1982).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.