Floresville’s post office opened in 1872, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 37% of U.S. towns · #197 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Wilson County Courthouse and Jail and the Floresville Chronicle-Journal Building. Most of Floresville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1880.
The Floresville post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lodi (1858), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 275 in 18802020 census: 7,203154 years
How historic is Floresville?
C+
More historic than 37% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Floresville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Floresville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Floresville is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #197 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Floresville’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 Floresville’s 3.7 sits above most of its state (79% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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 Floresville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
Historic dwellers of the area were Lipan Apache tribes. After the Spanish discovery of the Americas, Western settlement came in the form of Christian missions. Thus, in the mid-18th century, Mision de las Cabras, "the goat ranch", was established near Floresville as a mission ranching operation for Mission Espada. Indian and Spanish vaqueros lived and worshiped here, while caring for the herds of animals. This was the precursor of the Texas ranching industry.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Floresville, census by census
Grew from 275 people in 1880 to 7,203 in 2020, more than tenfold.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Floresville’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Floresville’s post office has been open since 1872. Another post office, Lodi, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Lodi
1858–1872
Floresville
1872–today
18501940today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Floresville
LodiSacred Heart
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Floresville’s history
What year was Floresville founded?
The Floresville post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Floresville rank for history?
Floresville is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #197 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.
What is on the National Register in Floresville?
Two places: the Wilson County Courthouse and Jail (listed 1978) and the Floresville Chronicle-Journal Building (2020).
How old are the homes in Floresville?
2% of Floresville’s 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 1999.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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