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History · Cameron

Cameron’s post office opened in 1894, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Ulmer-Summers House and the Haigler House. Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1900.

1894first post office
2on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Cameron began

When was Cameron founded?

1894

The Cameron post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 320 in 19002020 census: 376132 years
Founding year: the first Cameron post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cameron’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 Cameron are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 630 in 1950; 376 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cameron’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Cameron, census by census

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Peaked at 630 in 1950; 376 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Cameron came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cameron.

Read it all →

The community derives its name from Clan Cameron of Scotland.

The Haigler House and Ulmer-Summers House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cameron, 1894 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Cameron post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 630
By decade

Cameron, decade by decade

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On the map

Cameron on the map, 1946 to 1987

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

Cameron on the 1946 USGS mapCameron on the 1987 USGS map1946Elloree 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 Cameron.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Cameron

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Ulmer-Summers House
Ulmer-Summers House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Ulmer-Summers HouseBuilding
Haigler HouseQueen Anne

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Cameron’s post office has been open since 1894.

Gone or out of use
Saint Peter Schoolschool

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

Questions about Cameron’s history

What year was Cameron founded?

The Cameron 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 Cameron?

Two places: the Ulmer-Summers House (listed 1973) and the Haigler House (2001).

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 (20), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.