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History · Kingsland

Kingsland’s post office opened in 1883, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Kingsland was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Its Register listings are the Old US 79, Kingsland Segment and the Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station. Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1890.

1883first post office
2on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Kingsland began

When was Kingsland founded?

1883

The Kingsland post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 464 in 18902020 census: 347143 years
Founding year: the first Kingsland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kingsland’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 Kingsland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1914 to 1928, drew every building in Kingsland.
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Start Kingsland’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingsland’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.
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Every building

Kingsland, building by building, 1914–1928

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Kingsland fire insurance map, 1914, sheet 11914Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story

How Kingsland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kingsland.

Read it all →

In 1890, a two-story building was adapted for Kingsland's first public school. A new school was built in 1940 during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress Administration projects initiated by the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.

Country singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland in 1932 during the Great Depression to parents who were poor cotton farmers. The family moved when he was three. Cash returned to the town in March 1994, for the dedication of the new post office named in his honor.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kingsland, 1883 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Kingsland post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930BuiltMagnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station is built
  5. 1932Born hereJohnny Cash is born here
  6. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Kingsland, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Old US 79, Kingsland Segment2016Old US 79, Kingsland SegmentARMap-doton-Kingsland2005ARMap-doton-Kingsland
On the map

Kingsland on the map, 1966 to 1985

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

Kingsland on the 1966 USGS mapKingsland on the 1985 USGS map1966Kingsland 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 Kingsland.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Kingsland

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
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Old US 79, Kingsland Segment
Old US 79, Kingsland SegmentMagnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station, built 1930
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Old US 79, Kingsland SegmentStructure
All 2 listings
Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling StationBuilding · listed 2019

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Kingsland, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 473

Between 249 and 473 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Kingsland’s post office has been open since 1883.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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1cemetery inside Kingsland
Kingsland

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Kingsland’s history

What year was Kingsland founded?

The Kingsland post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Kingsland?

Two places: the Old US 79, Kingsland Segment (listed 2005) and the Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station (2019).

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.