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History · Double Horn

Half of Double Horn’s homes were built after 2007

Most of Double Horn was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: maps from 1967 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Double Horn’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 Double Horn are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Double Horn came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Double Horn.

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The original settlement of Double Horn was established near the headwaters of Double Horn Creek in 1855, with the creek and town named for an incident where a pioneer found the remains of two bucks with interlocked antlers. It had a post office from 1857 to 1911, a school (the Double Horn School), a cotton gin, and two churches. In 1884, the population was 50; by 1896, this population had halved, and by 1936, only the school remained marked on state road maps. Double Horn had completely disappeared from maps as a separate community by the second half of the 20th century. This location is close to a lightly populated ranching area marked on modern topographic maps as Shovel Mountain.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Double Horn on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Double Horn on the 1967 USGS mapDouble Horn on the 1986 USGS map1967Spicewood 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 Double Horn.

Famous people

Famous people close to Double Horn

Nobody well known was born in Double Horn itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Malaika RapoluAmerican tennis player · b. 2003
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Patrick RoseAmerican politician · b. 1978
Sam Houston JohnsonAmerican writer · b. 1914
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Ashley FieldAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
Cameron DuddyMusic video director · b. 1985
Paul ThompsonAmerican football quarterback, born 1983 · b. 1983

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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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.