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History · Corrigan

Corrigan’s post office opened in 1883

More historic than 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Corrigan was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: 1 old photo or paper.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
3famous people
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From Corrigan’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Corrigan began

When was Corrigan founded?

1883

The Corrigan post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Corrigon (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,477143 years

How historic is Corrigan?

C−

More historic than 17% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Corrigan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Corrigan’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Corrigan is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Corrigan’s overall grade.
Founding era1883, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19401.2% of homes (±1.5) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical TX town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 17%
NewerOlder

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 Corrigan’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 (±1.5 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 Corrigan’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Corrigan’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Corrigan’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewPolkcountyCorriganSubcourthouse: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Corrigan, in brief

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

Corrigan is a town in north central Polk County, Texas, United States. It is located along U.S. Highway 59, about 100 miles from Houston. Its population was 1,477 in the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,595 to 1,477 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Corrigan, 1882 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Corrigon post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Corrigon post office closes
  4. 1883Post officeThe Corrigan post office opens
  5. 1893Born hereWilliam Ross is born here
  6. 20th century
  7. 1961Born hereRay Woodard is born here
  8. 1990Born hereChase Ford is born here
By decade

Corrigan, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
PolkcountyCorriganSubcourthouseDate?PolkcountyCorriganSubcourthouse
Today5 recent
PBMaxey (1 of 1)2019PBMaxey (1 of 1)Corrigan City Hall Wiki (1 of 1)2019Corrigan City Hall Wiki (1 of 1)CorriganTexasCityHall2010CorriganTexasCityHallCorrigan Texas CIMG62722006Corrigan Texas CIMG6272TXMap-doton-Corrigan2004TXMap-doton-Corrigan
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

PolkcountyCorriganSubcourthouse
Retake this viewPolkcountyCorriganSubcourthouse

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Corrigan’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Corrigan

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

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Chase FordAmerican football player · b. 1990
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Ray WoodardAmerican football player and coach · b. 1961
W
William RossAmerican baseball player · b. 1893
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Corrigan’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Corrigon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Corrigon
1882–1883
Corrigan
1883–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Snow Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Corrigan’s history

What year was Corrigan founded?

The Corrigan post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Corrigan rank for history?

Corrigan is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns. 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 Corrigan?

1% of Corrigan’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1974.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.