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History · Texhoma

Texhoma’s post office opened in 1901, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on and the census since 1910.

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26%homes built before 1940
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How Texhoma began

When was Texhoma founded?

1901

The Texhoma post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 372 in 19102020 census: 856125 years
Founding year: the first Texhoma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Texhoma’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 Texhoma are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,464 in 1950; 856 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Texhoma’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Texhoma, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,600192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,464

Peaked at 1,464 in 1950; 856 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Texhoma came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Texhoma.

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Before No Man's Land was opened for settlers in 1890, the area now known as the Oklahoma Panhandle was sparsely settled ranchland. After the opening, filing occurred on some of the land near the CCC Ranch, mostly by the cowboys, and sold to the ranch as soon as proved up. Expansion of the Rock Island Railroad tracks from Liberal, Kansas to Santa Rosa, New Mexico spurred the settlement's formation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Texhoma, 1901 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Texhoma post office opens
  3. 1936Born hereJerry Hale is born here
  4. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 1,464
  5. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Texhoma on the map, 1973 to 1982

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

Texhoma on the 1973 USGS mapTexhoma on the 1982 USGS map1973Texhoma North 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 Texhoma.

Every building

Texhoma, building by building, 1913

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 sheet.

Texhoma fire insurance map, 1913, sheet 11913Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Questions about Texhoma’s history

What year was Texhoma founded?

The Texhoma post office opened in 1901, 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 Wikidata (1), 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.