More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #391 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Corinth was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1970.
Founding year: the first Corinth post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1909.
History grade
What drives Corinth’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Corinth is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #391 of 642 in Texas. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Corinth’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 Corinth’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 C. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1909.
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 Corinth’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Corinth yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Corinth ( kər-INTH) is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States; it is a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 22,634 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 19,935 to 22,634 (+14%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Corinth, 1883 to 1960
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Corinth post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1909.
How does Corinth rank for history?
Corinth is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #391 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 Corinth?
0.5% of Corinth’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1997.
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 (1), 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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