Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Coahoma was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1930.
The Coahoma post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coahoma’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Coahoma yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Coahoma ( kə-HOH-mə) is a town in Howard County, Texas, United States. The population was 945 at the 2020 census, 817 at the 2010 census, and 932 at the 2000 census.
Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 817 to 945 (+16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Coahoma. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Coahoma.
Between 574 and 1,239 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Coahoma’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Coahoma itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Coahoma post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 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.
