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History · Deweyville

Deweyville’s post office opened in 1900, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Deweyville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2013. Its Register listing is the Deweyville Swing Bridge. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1980.

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How Deweyville began

When was Deweyville founded?

1900

The Deweyville post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,171 in 19802020 census: 571126 years
Founding year: the first Deweyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Deweyville’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 Deweyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Deweyville, in brief

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

Deweyville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, on the central eastern border of Texas, United States. The population was 571 according to the 2020 census, having gone down from 1,023 since the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,023 to 571 (-44%).

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

Timeline

Deweyville, 1900 to 1947

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Deweyville post office opens
  3. 1944Born hereIsiah Leggett is born here
  4. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Deweyville on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Deweyville on the 1947 USGS mapDeweyville on the 1959 USGS mapDeweyville on the 1982 USGS mapDeweyville on the 1994 USGS map1947Starks sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Deweyville.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Deweyville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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2011
Deweyville Swing Bridge
Deweyville Swing Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Concrete Girder and Steel Girder Swing Bridge1
Deweyville Swing BridgeConcrete Girder and Steel Girder Swing Bridge

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Deweyville, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200198020002020Peak: 1,218

Between 571 and 1,218 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Questions about Deweyville’s history

What year was Deweyville founded?

The Deweyville post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Deweyville?

One place: the Deweyville Swing Bridge (listed 2011).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.