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History · Driftwood

Driftwood’s post office opened in 1886, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Driftwood was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2012. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 3 buildings.

1886first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Driftwood began

When was Driftwood founded?

1886

The Driftwood post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 106140 years
Founding year: the first Driftwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Driftwood

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
Camp Ben McCulloch
Camp Ben McCulloch
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Mission Revival1
Works Progress Administration Rustic1
Camp Ben McCullochMission Revival

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

Questions about Driftwood’s history

What year was Driftwood founded?

The Driftwood post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Driftwood?

One place: the Camp Ben McCulloch (listed 2004).

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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), 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.