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History · Bluff Dale

Bluff Dale’s post office opened in 1877, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge.

1877first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Bluff Dale began

When was Bluff Dale founded?

1877

The Bluff Dale post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 151149 years
Founding year: the first Bluff Dale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bluff Dale’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 Bluff Dale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Bluff Dale, in brief

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

Bluff Dale is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Erath County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bluff Dale had a population of 151. The Bluff Dale Independent School District serves area students. Bluff Dale, Texas is on U.S. Highway 377 and the North Paluxy River in northeastern Erath County. It was originally called Bluff Springs by pioneers who settled nearby; Bluff Dale became the town name when the post office was established in 1877. In 1889, when the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway was built, Jack Glenn donated land for the development of a town. The town was incorporated in 1908. By 1915, a bank and newspaper had been developed. In 1936...

Its first post office opened in 1877.

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

By decade

Bluff Dale, decade by decade

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Bluff Dale Tabernacle (1 of 1)2019Bluff Dale Tabernacle (1 of 1)Stud2014StudBluff Dale Texas United Methodist Church2012Bluff Dale Texas United Methodist ChurchBluff Dale Texas 32012Bluff Dale Texas 3Bluff Dale Texas 22012Bluff Dale Texas 2Bluff Dale Church of Christ2012Bluff Dale Church of Christ
On the National Register

1 historic place in Bluff Dale

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge
Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

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Bluff Dale Suspension BridgeSuspension Bridge

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bluff Dale

Nobody well known was born in Bluff Dale itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ben HoganAmerican golfer · b. 1912
Brooke RollinsAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1972
Jeb HensarlingFormer U.S. Representative from Texas · b. 1957
Johnny DuncanAmerican country singer · b. 1938
Toby MorrisAmerican politician · b. 1899
George Andrew DavisUnited States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1920

Questions about Bluff Dale’s history

What year was Bluff Dale founded?

The Bluff Dale post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bluff Dale?

One place: the Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge (listed 1977).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.