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History · Graford

Graford’s post office opened in 1894, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Graford began

When was Graford founded?

1894

The Graford post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 669132 years
Founding year: the first Graford post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Graford’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewPossum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spann…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Graford, in brief

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

Graford is a podunk town in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. Its population was 669 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 584 to 669 (+15%).

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

By decade

Graford, decade by decade

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Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16Date?Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos Riv…
Then & now

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Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16
Retake this viewPossum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16

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Famous people

Famous people close to Graford

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

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Robert E. HowardAmerican author · b. 1906
Mary MartinAmerican actress · b. 1913
Millie Hughes-FulfordAstronaut, academic researcher · b. 1945
Rex BrownAmerican bassist · b. 1964
Kevin RahmAmerican actor · b. 1971
William H. SimpsonUnited States Army general · b. 1888

Questions about Graford’s history

What year was Graford founded?

The Graford post office opened in 1894, 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 the Library of Congress (1), 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.