The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Deport.
The city has the name of one Colonel Dee Thompson, a pioneer citizen.
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History · Deport
Deport’s post office opened in 1883
Most of Deport was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1920 on.
1883first post office
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Deport began
When was Deport founded?
1883
The Deport post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 550143 years
Founding year: the first Deport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Deport’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Deport’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deport’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Deport, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
19201930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2021Then & 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.
Retake this viewThe Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1920 - DPLA - d0c31e9eba7bf411f674d40fa136…, 1920
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Deport’s page.
Retake this view · +15Questions about Deport’s history
What year was Deport founded?
The Deport post office opened in 1883, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.