More historic than 3% of U.S. towns · #591 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Escobares was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1990.
Founding year: the first Escobares post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Escobares’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Escobares is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #591 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Escobares’ 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 Escobares’ 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 D. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size. 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 →
What stands out about Escobares’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost a third of its people between 2000 and 2010, then more than doubled.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Escobares’ Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Escobares had its own post office from 1901 to 1903.
Escobares
1901–1903
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
De La Garza ColoniaEscobares Number 1 ColoniaFrancisco Rodriguez ColoniaLas Palmas ColoniaM Munoz ColoniaRau-con Drive-In Number 2 ColoniaRivera Colonia
1cemetery inside Escobares
Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Escobares, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Escobares yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Escobares is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,588 at the 2020 census. The city was formed in 2005 from part of the deleted Escobares CDP, and parts of Garceno, and North Escobares CDPs, and additional area. Prior to its 2005 incorporation as a city, it was a census-designated place (CDP). The population of the CDP was 1,954 at the 2000 census.
Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,188 to 2,588 (+118%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Escobares, 1901 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Escobares post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Escobares rank for history?
Escobares is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #591 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 Escobares?
0.0% of Escobares’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1989.
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 (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.
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