The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Lockhart.
The McCollum Fish Weir was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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History · Lockhart
Lockhart’s post office opened in 1893, and 62% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.
1893first post office
0on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Lockhart began
When was Lockhart founded?
1893
The Lockhart post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 128 in 19602020 census: 384133 years
Founding year: the first Lockhart post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Lockhart’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Lockhart’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lockhart’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Lockhart, census by census
Lost two-thirds of its people between 1960 and 2000, then grew 9-fold.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lockhart’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Lockhart, 1893 to 2010
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1893Post officeThe Lockhart post office opens
- 20th century
- 1907
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 21st century
- 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 488
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
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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Lockhart on the map, 1907 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lockhart. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Sharon 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 Lockhart.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Lockhart
Nobody well known was born in Lockhart itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Sam GraddyAmerican football player · b. 1964H
Hank GarlandAmerican musician · b. 1930D
Devin BookerAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Lockhart’s post office has been open since 1893.
Gone or out of use
Thompson Ferrycrossing
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Lockhart’s history
What year was Lockhart founded?
The Lockhart post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 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.