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History · McKittrick

McKittrick’s post office opened in 1894, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the McKittrick Farmers Mercantile. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1910.

1894first post office
1on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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How McKittrick began

When was McKittrick founded?

1894

The McKittrick post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mc Kittrick (1894), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 127 in 19102020 census: 77132 years
Founding year: the first McKittrick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about McKittrick’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 McKittrick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 151 in 1930; 77 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of McKittrick’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McKittrick’s history is told.

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People over time

McKittrick, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 151

Peaked at 151 in 1930; 77 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How McKittrick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of McKittrick.

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McKittrick was laid out in 1895 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called McKittrick was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967.

The McKittrick Farmers Mercantile was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

McKittrick, 1894 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Mc Kittrick post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 151
  5. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1967Post officeThe Mc Kittrick post office closes
By decade

McKittrick, decade by decade

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On the map

McKittrick on the map, 1942 to 1985

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

McKittrick on the 1942 USGS mapMcKittrick on the 1974 USGS mapMcKittrick on the 1985 USGS map1942Hermann sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McKittrick.

On the National Register

1 historic place in McKittrick

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

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2010
McKittrick Farmers Mercantile
McKittrick Farmers Mercantile
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Two-Part Commercial Block1
McKittrick Farmers MercantileTwo-Part Commercial Block

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Mc Kittrick, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Questions about McKittrick’s history

What year was McKittrick founded?

The McKittrick post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in McKittrick?

One place: the McKittrick Farmers Mercantile (listed 2010).

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.