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History · Prichard

Prichard’s post office opened in 1907

Most of Prichard was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1958.

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How Prichard began

When was Prichard founded?

1907

The Prichard post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Round Bottom (1852), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 461119 years
Founding year: the first Prichard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Prichard’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Prichard are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Prichard’s homes were built before 1958.
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The story so far

Prichard, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Prichard yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Prichard is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 461. It is located along the Big Sandy River and U.S. Route 52. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 287,702 according to the US Census (2010). The community was named after James Pritchard.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 527 to 461 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Prichard, 1852 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Round Bottom post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Round Bottom post office closes
  5. 1907Post officeThe Prichard post office opens
  6. 1985Born hereDerrick Evans is born here
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Prichard’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Round Bottom, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Round Bottom
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Prichard
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5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Prichard
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Prichard’s history

What year was Prichard founded?

The Prichard post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.