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History · Teegarden

Teegarden’s post office opened in 1874

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1874first post office
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0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Teegarden began

When was Teegarden founded?

1874

The Teegarden post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

152 years
Founding year: the first Teegarden post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Teegarden’s past

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

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

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The story

How Teegarden came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Teegarden.

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Teegarden was platted in 1873. Teegarden has the last name of a family of settlers.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Teegarden, decade by decade

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First Bretheran 47232021First Bretheran 4723First Bretheran 47222021First Bretheran 4722Teegarden 13252020Teegarden 1325First Bretheran Ch 13242020First Bretheran Ch 1324
On the map

Teegarden on the map, 1958 to 1984

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

Teegarden on the 1958 USGS mapTeegarden on the 1972 USGS mapTeegarden on the 1984 USGS map1958Walkerton 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 Teegarden.

Famous people

Famous people close to Teegarden

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

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Harold UreyAmerican physical chemist · b. 1893
Lydia KnottAmerican actress · b. 1866
Morgan UcenyAmerican middle-distance runner · b. 1985
Walter LaFeberAmerican historian · b. 1933
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David van VactorAmerican composer · b. 1906
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Marci MillerAmerican actress · b. 1989

Questions about Teegarden’s history

What year was Teegarden founded?

The Teegarden post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.