Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Garrett was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: 6 old photos and papers.
The Garrett post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garrett’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Garrett yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Garrett is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 829 at the 2020 census, up from 806 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 806 to 829 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Garage, 52 feet southwest …
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Main House, 70 feet northw…
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Work Shed, 130 feet southw…
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Barn No. 1, 181 feet south…
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Barn No. 3, 100 feet south…
Date?Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, Barn No. 2, 145 feet south…No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Garrett’s page.
Retake this view · +15Nobody well known was born in Garrett itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Garrett had its own post office from 1894 to 1960.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Garrett post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Library of Congress (6), 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.
