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History · Hungerford

Hungerford’s post office opened in 1883

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 2000.

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How Hungerford began

When was Hungerford founded?

1883

The Hungerford post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 645 in 20002020 census: 390143 years
Founding year: the first Hungerford post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hungerford’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 Hungerford are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hungerford’s history is told.

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The story

How Hungerford came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hungerford.

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Alexander Jackson was one of the Old Three Hundred colonists from the United States who accepted land grants from Stephen F. Austin. The Alexander Jackson league was a strip of land which was bounded on the southwest by the Colorado River, just northwest of present-day Wharton and ran northeast beyond West Bernard Creek. After the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas set up a short-lived ordnance depot called Post West Bernard Station at a location 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of present-day Hungerford. Its purpose was to recondition weapons captured at the Battle of San Jacinto and to watch for a possible invasion by the Mexican army.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hungerford, decade by decade

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Hungerford TX West Bernard Marker2018Hungerford TX West Bernard MarkerHungerford TX Volunteer Fire2018Hungerford TX Volunteer FireHungerford TX Strouhal Tire2018Hungerford TX Strouhal TireHungerford TX Railroad Marker2018Hungerford TX Railroad MarkerHungerford TX Quinan Marker2018Hungerford TX Quinan MarkerHungerford TX Post Office2018Hungerford TX Post OfficeHungerford TX Marker Stone2018Hungerford TX Marker StoneHungerford TX Loves Truck Stop2018Hungerford TX Loves Truck StopHungerford TX Hudgins Ranch Marker2018Hungerford TX Hudgins Ranch MarkerHungerford TX Grain Company2018Hungerford TX Grain CompanyHungerford TX Cotton Gin2018Hungerford TX Cotton GinHungerford TX Community Center2018Hungerford TX Community Center
On the map

Hungerford on the map, 1953 to 1994

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

Hungerford on the 1953 USGS mapHungerford on the 1980 USGS mapHungerford on the 1994 USGS map1953Hungerford 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 Hungerford.

People over time

Hungerford, census by census

010020030040050060070020002020Peak: 645

Between 347 and 645 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hungerford

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

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Dan RatherAmerican broadcast journalist · b. 1931
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Horton FooteAmerican playwright and screenwriter · b. 1916
Dobie GrayAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1940
Eric DickersonAmerican football player · b. 1960
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Patrick ZurekAmerican RC bishop · b. 1948
Shane LechlerAmerican football player, punter · b. 1976

Questions about Hungerford’s history

What year was Hungerford founded?

The Hungerford post office opened in 1883, 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 Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, 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.