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History · Carmine

Carmine’s post office opened in 1892, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1980.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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How Carmine began

When was Carmine founded?

1892

The Carmine post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 239 in 19802020 census: 244134 years
Founding year: the first Carmine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Carmine’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 Carmine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carmine’s history is told.

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The story so far

Carmine, in brief

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

Carmine ( KAR-meen) is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. The Texas Basketball Museum in Carmine is operated by Coach Bob Springer at the corner of Augsburg Avenue and Hauptstrasse Street. The collection highlights players who advance to the professional ranks as well as high school teams of notable achievement.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 250 to 244 (-2%).

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

By decade

Carmine, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Round Top-Carmine High School 20192019Round Top-Carmine High School 2019Carmine Texas City Hall 20192019Carmine Texas City Hall 2019Round Top Carmine High School 20182018Round Top Carmine High School 2018Commercial Buildings2018Commercial BuildingsCarmine Independent School Building Marker2018Carmine Independent School Building MarkerCarmin Texas Museum and Visitor Center2018Carmin Texas Museum and Visitor CenterTexas basketball museum 20132013Texas basketball museum 2013
On the map

Carmine on the map, 1958 to 1993

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

Carmine on the 1958 USGS mapCarmine on the 1988 USGS mapCarmine on the 1993 USGS map1958Carmine 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 Carmine.

People over time

Carmine, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 250

Between 192 and 250 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Questions about Carmine’s history

What year was Carmine founded?

The Carmine post office opened in 1892, 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 Wikimedia Commons (7), 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.