The shift from individual homesteads to the community of Postville began in 1941 when the Pentecostal Pastor moved from Ailik located at the outer edge of the bay. Pastor Gillette built another church at Postville where he spent the winter near the people and moved to Ailik with them for summer fishing. When Pastor Gillette moved to the present site of Postville there was only one house and wild rhubarb there. He named it Postville because it had been the location of the HBC trading post and had always been referred to as 'the Post.'