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History · Gustine

Gustine’s post office opened in 1888, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1930.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Gustine began

When was Gustine founded?

1888

The Gustine post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 368 in 19302020 census: 392138 years
Founding year: the first Gustine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gustine’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Gustine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18884 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1985. Watch Gustine change.Old housesHalf of Gustine’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gustine’s history is told.

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On the map

Gustine on the map, 1888 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gustine. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Gustine on the 1888 USGS mapGustine on the 1894 USGS mapGustine on the 1956 USGS mapGustine on the 1985 USGS map1888Hamilton sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gustine.

The story so far

Gustine, in brief

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

Gustine is a town located in Comanche County in Central Texas, United States. The population was 392 at the 2020 census, down from 476 at the 2010 census. The town, formerly known as Cora, was the county seat in the 1850s.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 476 to 392 (-18%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Gustine, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 476

Between 357 and 476 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gustine’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Gustine

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

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Ben HoganAmerican golfer · b. 1912
Mark HarelikAmerican actor · b. 1951
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Madylin SweetenAmerican actress · b. 1991
Jeb HensarlingFormer U.S. Representative from Texas · b. 1957
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Louise LathamAmerican actress, editor · b. 1922
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Sawyer SweetenAmerican child actor · b. 1995

Questions about Gustine’s history

What year was Gustine founded?

The Gustine post office opened in 1888, 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 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.