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History · Pavillion

Pavillion’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Pavillion was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1940.

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How Pavillion began

When was Pavillion founded?

1909

The Pavillion post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 176 in 19402020 census: 230117 years
Founding year: the first Pavillion post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pavillion’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 Pavillion are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Pavillion came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pavillion.

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In 2008, rural residents five miles east-northeast of Pavillion complained of discolored water, foul smells and illness that they suspected was due to fracking, and the EPA opened an investigation. In 2010, the EPA investigators warned the affected rural residents not to drink their water after finding benzene, naphthalene, phenols, and metals in the water and recommended that the affected rural residents use fans while bathing or washing clothes to avoid the risk of explosion. As of September 2012 testing and discussion about the results was still ongoing. Eventually, in 2016, a study confirmed that chemicals used in fracking impact drinking water that is generated from wells. Pavillion was a subject in the 2010 documentary film Gasland, directed by Josh Fox.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Pavillion on the map in 1950

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pavillion.

Pavillion on the 1950 USGS map1950Pavillion sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pavillion.

People over time

Pavillion, census by census

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Between 126 and 287 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pavillion’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pavillion

Nobody well known was born in Pavillion itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Isabel JewellActress · b. 1907
Ashlynn YennieAmerican actress · b. 1985
Lance DealAmerican hammer thrower · b. 1961
Nate MarquardtAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1979
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Guy TrosperAmerican screenwriter · b. 1911
Chance PhelpsUnited States Marine · b. 1984

Questions about Pavillion’s history

What year was Pavillion founded?

The Pavillion post office opened in 1909, 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.