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Read it all →How Moseleyville came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Moseleyville.
It was named for the Moseley family. There was a post office from 1886 to 1909.
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History · Moseleyville
Moseleyville’s post office opened in 1886
Most of Moseleyville was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1906 on.
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5%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Moseleyville began, and where its name came from
When was Moseleyville founded?
1886
The Moseleyville post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 470140 years
How did Moseleyville get its name?
Moseleyville was named for the Moseley family.
Founding year: the first Moseleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
What stands out about Moseleyville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Moseleyville on the map, 1906 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moseleyville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Sutherland sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Moseleyville.
Timeline
Moseleyville, 1886 to 1909
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1886Post officeThe Moseleyville post office opens
- 20th century
- 1906
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1909Post officeThe Moseleyville post office closes
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Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Moseleyville had its own post office from 1886 to 1909.
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Moseleyville’s history
What year was Moseleyville founded?
The Moseleyville post office opened in 1886, 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.