More historic than 2% of U.S. towns · #616 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Colleyville was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1960.
The Colleyville post office opened in 1954, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bransford (1877), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 1,491 in 19602020 census: 26,05772 years
How historic is Colleyville?
D−
More historic than 2% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Colleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Colleyville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Colleyville is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #616 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Colleyville’s overall grade.
Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Colleyville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Colleyville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Emerging from a number of small, rural settlements along the Cotton Belt Route, Colleyville was originally known as Bransford when Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley settled there in 1880. He was a prominent area physician and a veteran of the Union Army. In 1914, when Walter G. Couch opened a grocery store near Dr. Colley's home, the community was renamed Colleyville in his honor.
The Colleyville post office opened in 1954, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Colleyville rank for history?
Colleyville is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #616 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Colleyville?
0.2% of Colleyville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1994.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, 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.
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