The story
Read it all →How Anthony came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Anthony.
Anthony was laid out c. 1881, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was extended to that point.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
C−History
History · Anthony
Anthony dates to 1881
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #333 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Anthony was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: the census since 1960.
1881founded
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Anthony began
When was Anthony founded?
1881
Anthony dates its founding to 1881 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1960.
First census: 1,082 in 19602020 census: 3,671145 years
How historic is Anthony?
C−
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1932.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Anthony’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Anthony is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #333 of 642 in Texas. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Anthony’s overall grade.
Founding era1881, from Wikipedia: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.8% of homes (±2.5) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%C−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical TX town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 20%
NewerOlder
Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 48%
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 Anthony’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.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1881.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
What stands out about Anthony’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Anthony’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Anthony’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Anthony, census by census
Peaked at 5,011 in 2010; 3,671 people lived here in 2020.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Anthony’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Anthony, 1881 to 2010
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1881FoundingAnthony is established
- 20th century
- 1932Post officeThe La Tuna post office opens
- 1965Post officeThe La Tuna post office closes
- 1981Post officeThe Anthony post office opens
- 21st century
- 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 5,011
By decade
Anthony, decade by decade
2025
2016
2014
2010
2010Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Anthony
Nobody well known was born in Anthony itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Gene RoddenberryAmerican television screenwriter and producer · b. 1921S
Sandra Day O'ConnorAmerican lawyer and jurist · b. 1930A
Alan TudykAmerican actor · b. 1971
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Marcell JacobsItalian athlete · b. 1994Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Anthony’s post office has been open since 1981. Another post office, La Tuna, opened and closed inside today’s town.
La Tuna
Anthony
19301980today
Hamlets and corners on the map
La TunaR W Jones Colonia
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Anthony’s history
What year was Anthony founded?
In 1881, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Anthony’s post office opened in 1932, and the census of 1960 counted 1,082 people here.
How does Anthony rank for history?
Anthony is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #333 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.
How old are the homes in Anthony?
3% of Anthony’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, 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.