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Lockhart dates to 1900, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1940.

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28%homes built before 1940
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How Lockhart began

When was Lockhart founded?

1900

Lockhart dates its founding to 1900 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1940.

First census: 910 in 19402020 census: 445126 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1903.The full story ↓

What stands out about Lockhart’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 Lockhart are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lockhart’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lockhart’s history is told.

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The story

How Lockhart came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lockhart.

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Lockhart came into being about 1904 when the Jackson Lumber Company mill was constructed there, the community being a company town. Many streets were named for Native American tribes. The mill was erected to handle the dense forests of yellow pine in what was known as the "Jackson Tract". The town was named for Standard Oil magnate and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania financier, Charles Lockhart. In 1912, the mill employed around 1,000 workers and ran 24/7. At that time Lockhart was the largest lumber mill in the United States. Flooring for the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City came from Lockhart.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lockhart, 1900 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900
    FoundingLockhart is established
  3. 1903Post officeThe Lockhart post office opens
  4. 1915Born hereArt White is born here
  5. 1924Born hereCharles LeMaistre is born here
  6. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Lockhart on the map, 1971 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lockhart. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lockhart on the 1971 USGS mapLockhart on the 1984 USGS map1971Florala 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 Lockhart.

People over time

Lockhart, census by census

02004006008001,00019401960198020002020Peak: 910

Between 445 and 910 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Lockhart

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Art WhiteAmerican football player · b. 1915
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Charles LeMaistreAmerican physician, medical educator, and acade… · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Old corners

Lockhart’s post office has been open since 1903.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hidden Acres Mobile Home Park

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.

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Questions about Lockhart’s history

What year was Lockhart founded?

In 1900, according to Wikidata. Lockhart’s post office opened in 1903, and the census of 1940 counted 910 people here.

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.