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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #400 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Aledo was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2010. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1970.
The Aledo post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Aledo is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #400 of 642 in Texas. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Aledo’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Aledo’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aledo yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Aledo ( ə-LEE-doh) is a city in Parker County, Texas, United States. Its population was 4,858 in 2020. The city is served by the Aledo Independent School District.
Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,716 to 4,858 (+79%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Aledo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Aledo.
Grew from 620 people in 1970 to 4,858 in 2020, 7 times over.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Aledo’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Aledo post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Aledo is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #400 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
0.3% of Aledo’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 2010.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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) 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.
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