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History · Havana

Havana’s post office opened in 1886

Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 2000.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Havana began

When was Havana founded?

1886

The Havana post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 452 in 20002020 census: 361140 years
Founding year: the first Havana post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Havana’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 Havana are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages6 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Havana’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Havana had its own post office from 1886 to 1905.

Havana
1886–1905
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Havana, in brief

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

Havana is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 361 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 407 to 361 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Havana, 1886 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Havana post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Havana post office closes
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Havana, decade by decade

Today6 recent
A colorful food stand along the road in the little town of Havana in Hidalgo County, Texas2014A colorful food stand along the road in the little to…A colorful food stand along the road in the little town of Havana in Hidalgo County, Texas2014A colorful food stand along the road in the little to…This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation2014This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in th…This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation2014This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in th…This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation in Havana, Texas, a tiny town in …2014This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in th…This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation in Havana, Texas, a tiny town in …2014This is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in th…
On the map

Havana on the map, 1965 to 2002

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

Havana on the 1965 USGS mapHavana on the 1992 USGS mapHavana on the 2002 USGS map1965Los Ebanos sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Havana, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 452

Between 361 and 452 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Questions about Havana’s history

What year was Havana founded?

The Havana post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (4), 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.