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History · Annona

Annona’s post office opened in 1872

Most of Annona was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1890.

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How Annona began

When was Annona founded?

1872

The Annona post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Walker Station (1874) and Mena (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 267 in 18902020 census: 184154 years
Founding year: the first Annona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Annona’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 Annona are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 471 in 1980; 184 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Annona, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Annona’s history is told.

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People over time

Annona, census by census

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Peaked at 471 in 1980; 184 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Annona’s post office has been open since 1872. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Annona
1872–today
Walker Station
1874–1884
Mena
1901–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mena

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

The story so far

Annona, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Annona yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Annona is a town in Red River County, Texas, United States. The population was 184 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 315 to 184 (-42%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Annona, 1872 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Annona post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Walker Station post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Walker Station post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Mena post office opens
  7. 1906Post officeThe Mena post office closes
  8. 1920Born hereHomer Fuller is born here
  9. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 471
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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

Annona on the map, 1950 to 1990

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

Annona on the 1950 USGS mapAnnona on the 1986 USGS mapAnnona on the 1990 USGS map1950Annona 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 Annona.

Questions about Annona’s history

What year was Annona founded?

The Annona post office opened in 1872, 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 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.