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History · Asherton

Asherton’s post office opened in 1909, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Asherton was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Its Register listing is the Asher and Mary Isabelle Richardson House. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1930.

1909first post office
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Asherton began

When was Asherton founded?

1909

The Asherton post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,858 in 19302020 census: 722117 years
Founding year: the first Asherton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Asherton’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 Asherton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,425 in 1950; 722 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Asherton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Asherton’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.
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People over time

Asherton, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,50019401960198020002020Peak: 2,425

Peaked at 2,425 in 1950; 722 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story so far

Asherton, in brief

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

Asherton, known colloquially as Cheto, is a city in Dimmit County, Texas, United States. The population was 722 at the 2020 census, down from 1,084 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 83 passes through Asherton.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,084 to 722 (-33%).

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

Timeline

Asherton, 1909 to 1950

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Asherton post office opens
  3. 1935Born hereAlbert Bustamante is born here
  4. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 2,425
By decade

Asherton, decade by decade

Today5 recent
A wall colorfully painted with the likeness of the Texas flag, complete with a 3-D star, in the little town of Asherton…2014A wall colorfully painted with the likeness of the Te…Meme's Bar in Asherton, TX IMG 42072010Meme's Bar in Asherton, TX IMG 4207Bel-Asher House, Asherton, TX IMG 42122010Bel-Asher House, Asherton, TX IMG 4212Asherton Elementary School, Asherton, TX IMG 41962010Asherton Elementary School, Asherton, TX IMG 4196Abandoned Roadside Pit Stop, Asherton, TX IMG 42092010Abandoned Roadside Pit Stop, Asherton, TX IMG 4209
On the map

Asherton on the map, 1940 to 1982

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

Asherton on the 1940 USGS mapAsherton on the 1982 USGS map1940Asherton 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 Asherton.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Asherton

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Asher and Mary Isabelle Richardson House
Asher and Mary Isabelle Richardson House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Beaux Arts Classicism1
Prairie School1
Asher and Mary Isabelle Richardson HouseBeaux Arts Classicism

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

Questions about Asherton’s history

What year was Asherton founded?

The Asherton post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Asherton?

One place: the Asher and Mary Isabelle Richardson House (listed 1988).

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 (4), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.