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History · Caddo Valley

Caddo Valley was first counted by the census in 1980

Most of Caddo Valley was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1980.

1980first census
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Caddo Valley began

When was Caddo Valley founded?

1980

Caddo Valley first appears in the census in 1980.

First census: 388 in 19802020 census: 59546 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Caddo Valley’s past

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

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Start Caddo Valley’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Caddo Valley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far

Caddo Valley, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1980. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 635 to 595 (-6%).

By decade

Caddo Valley, decade by decade

On the map

Caddo Valley on the map, 1959 to 1976

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

Caddo Valley on the 1959 USGS mapCaddo Valley on the 1976 USGS map1959Caddo Valley 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 Caddo Valley.

People over time

Caddo Valley, census by census

0100200300400500600700198020002020Peak: 635

Between 388 and 635 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Caddo Valley

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about Caddo Valley’s history

What year was Caddo Valley founded?

The Caddo Valley post office opened in 1980, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.