More historic than 17% of U.S. towns · #351 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Edcouch was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1957 on, and the census since 1930.
Founding year: the first Edcouch post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Edcouch’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Edcouch is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #351 of 642 in Texas. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Edcouch’s overall grade.
Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Edcouch’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
The story so far
Edcouch, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edcouch yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Edcouch is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Edcouch had a population of 2,732. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. The town was founded in 1927 and named for Edward Couch, landowner and banker.
Its first post office opened in 1927. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,161 to 2,732 (-14%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Edcouch, 1927 to 1957
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
The Edcouch post office opened in 1927, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Edcouch rank for history?
Edcouch is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #351 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Edcouch?
9% of Edcouch’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1992.
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).
From the Library of Congress (5), 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.
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