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History · Strickland

Strickland’s post office opened in 1895, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1895first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Strickland began

When was Strickland founded?

1895

The Strickland post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 280131 years
Founding year: the first Strickland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Strickland had its own post office from 1895 to 1913.

Strickland
1895–1913
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Grandview SchoolschoolHill Corner SchoolschoolOakland Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Strickland
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryPolish

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.

StubbsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSumnerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRuskIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilkinsonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWeyerhaeuserIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Strickland’s history

What year was Strickland founded?

The Strickland post office opened in 1895, 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.