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History · East Mountain

East Mountain was first counted by the census in 1980

Most of East Mountain was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1980.

1980first census
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How East Mountain began

When was East Mountain founded?

1980

East Mountain first appears in the census in 1980. Two smaller post offices, Glenwood (1875) and Savannah (1902), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 855 in 19802020 census: 89946 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about East Mountain’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 East Mountain are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s East Mountain, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start East Mountain’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Mountain’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Glenwood
1875–1932
Savannah
1902–1905
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GlenwoodSeven Pines

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

The story so far

East Mountain, in brief

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

East Mountain is a city in Upshur and Gregg Counties, Texas, United States. Its population was 899 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 797 tabulated in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1980. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 797 to 899 (+13%).

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

Timeline

East Mountain, 1875 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Glenwood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Savannah post office opens
  5. 1905Post officeThe Savannah post office closes
  6. 1932Post officeThe Glenwood post office closes
  7. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

East Mountain on the map, 1960 to 1978

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

East Mountain on the 1960 USGS mapEast Mountain on the 1978 USGS map1960White Oak 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 East Mountain.

People over time

East Mountain, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 899

Between 580 and 899 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to East Mountain

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

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Forest WhitakerAmerican actor · b. 1961
George ForemanAmerican professional boxer · b. 1949
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Don HenleyAmerican rock musician · b. 1947
Miranda LambertAmerican country singer · b. 1983
Freddie KingAmerican blues guitarist and singer · b. 1934
Johnny MathisAmerican singer · b. 1935

Questions about East Mountain’s history

What year was East Mountain founded?

The East Mountain post office opened in 1980, 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 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.