Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Trinity County Courthouse Square. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1890.
The Groveton post office opened in 1882, 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 Groveton’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,262 in 1980; 918 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Groveton’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Groveton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Groveton is a city in and the county seat of Trinity County, Texas, United States. The population was 918 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,057 to 918 (-13%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereTopper Rigney is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereLane Johnson is born hereThe U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Groveton.
1985Crockett sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Groveton.
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.
1907Sheet 1 of 6Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Groveton post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Trinity County Courthouse Square (listed 2004).
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (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), 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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