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History · Bremond

Bremond’s post office opened in 1869, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers from 1933 on.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Bremond’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Bremond began

When was Bremond founded?

1869

The Bremond post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1870.

2020 census: 858157 years
Founding year: the first Bremond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1870.The full story ↓

What stands out about Bremond’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bremond’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - B…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Bremond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bremond.

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Bremond is named for Paul Bremond (1810–1885), entrepreneur and founder of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad 1875, who owned the surrounding land. Years later, the new owner, cotton baron William Marsh Rice, whose first wife was Bremond's daughter, Margaret, had the town surveyed and named after Bremond. The town was incorporated in 1870. In the 1870s a large number of Polish immigrants came to the area to grow cotton. Bremond holds an annual festival yearly to celebrate its Polish heritage.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Bremond, 1869 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Bremond post office opens
  3. 1878Born hereJames Vernon McClintic is born here
  4. 1894Born hereBill Stellbauer is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1933In the archiveHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist Church
By decade

Bremond, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s4 items
HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist Church1933HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist ChurchHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist Church1933HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist ChurchHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Baptist Church1933HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Baptist ChurchHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Baptist Church1933HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Baptist Church
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Randolph Field Place Calvert WS (1 of 1)2020Randolph Field Place Calvert WS (1 of 1)Bremond tx downtown2015Bremond tx downtown
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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HABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist Church
Retake this viewHABS TEX,198-BREM,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Baptist Church, 1933

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Bremond

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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James Vernon McClinticU.S. Representative from Oklahoma · b. 1878
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Bill StellbauerAmerican baseball player · b. 1894

Questions about Bremond’s history

What year was Bremond founded?

The Bremond post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1870.

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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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.