Bairoil dates to 1916, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Bairoil Town Hall.
How Bairoil began
When was Bairoil founded?
Bairoil dates its founding to 1916 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1924.
1 historic place in Bairoil
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone
Bairoil’s post office has been open since 1924.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Bairoil’s history
What year was Bairoil founded?
In 1916, according to Wikidata. Bairoil’s post office opened in 1924.
What is on the National Register in Bairoil?
One place: the Bairoil Town Hall (listed 2015).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), 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.