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History · Darrouzett

Darrouzett’s post office opened in 1919, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1950.

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0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Darrouzett began

When was Darrouzett founded?

1919

The Darrouzett post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lourwood (1918), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 328 in 19502020 census: 309107 years
Founding year: the first Darrouzett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Darrouzett’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 Darrouzett 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 Darrouzett’s history is told.

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The story so far

Darrouzett, in brief

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

Darrouzett ( DARR-ə-ZET) is a town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States. The population was 309 at the 2020 census, down from 350 at the 2010 census. The town is named for John Louis Darrouzet, a Texas state legislator who served as an attorney for the Santa Fe Railroad.

Its first post office opened in 1919. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 350 to 309 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Darrouzett, 1918 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1918Post officeThe Lourwood post office opens
  3. 1919Post officeThe Lourwood post office closes
  4. 1919Post officeThe Darrouzett post office opens
  5. 1936Born hereBob Schneider is born here
  6. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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On the map

Darrouzett on the map, 1972 to 1986

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

Darrouzett on the 1972 USGS mapDarrouzett on the 1986 USGS map1972Darrouzett 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 Darrouzett.

People over time

Darrouzett, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 396

Between 303 and 396 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Darrouzett’s post office has been open since 1919. Another post office, Lourwood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lourwood
1918–1919
Darrouzett
1919–today
19101970today

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

Questions about Darrouzett’s history

What year was Darrouzett founded?

The Darrouzett post office opened in 1919, 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 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.