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History · Huckabay

Huckabay’s post office opened in 1888, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1890 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Huckabay began

When was Huckabay founded?

1888

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

2020 census: 268138 years
Founding year: the first Huckabay post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Huckabay’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18905 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1985. Watch Huckabay change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huckabay’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.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBarton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton Cr…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Huckabay on the map, 1890 to 1985

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

Huckabay on the 1890 USGS mapHuckabay on the 1920 USGS mapHuckabay on the 1965 USGS mapHuckabay on the 1979 USGS mapHuckabay on the 1985 USGS map1890Stephenville 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 Huckabay.

The story

How Huckabay came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Huckabay.

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The small town of Huckabay was founded in the late eighteen hundreds. Gerldine Griswold wrote of how the community was started by John A. Huckabay, Ben Fincher, John and W.C. Copeland, John Gentry, Abe Metsgar, John W. Jones and others who were moving west from Arkansas and Tennessee. The head of the Bosque was the area where they settled which was known as "Flatwoods," but was changed to Huckabay, when John Huckabay established a post office. One hundred and sixty acres was claimed by each of the families, which was where they built their homes. After the settlers had wells dug and their homes built, churches, schools and other public buildings began to go up. Ryan Patrick Huckabay is the current mayor of Huckabay.

ChaptersHistoric businesses of HuckabayPast congregations of Huckabay

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Huckabay, 1888 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Huckabay post office opens
  3. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1965Post officeThe Huckabay post office closes
By decade

Huckabay, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Barton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton CreekDate?Barton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton Creek
Today3 recent
Huckabay Texas2012Huckabay TexasHuckabay Texas Park2012Huckabay Texas ParkHuckabay Baptist Church2012Huckabay Baptist Church
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Barton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton Creek
Retake this viewBarton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton Creek

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Famous people

Famous people close to Huckabay

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

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Ben HoganAmerican golfer · b. 1912
Millie Hughes-FulfordAstronaut, academic researcher · b. 1945
Brooke RollinsAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1972
Kevin RahmAmerican actor · b. 1971
Ted NeeleyAmerican singer, musician, and actor · b. 1943
Alvy Ray SmithAmerican filmmaker and cartoonist co-founder of… · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Huckabay had its own post office from 1888 to 1965.

Huckabay
1888–1965
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Huckabay’s history

What year was Huckabay founded?

The Huckabay post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.