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History · Hurst

Hurst’s post office opened in 1909

More historic than 7% of U.S. towns · #508 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Most of Hurst was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1960.

1909first post office
0on the National Register
0.6%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Hurst began

When was Hurst founded?

1909

The Hurst post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ormel (1904), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 10,165 in 19602020 census: 40,413117 years

How historic is Hurst?

D

More historic than 7% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Hurst post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Hurst’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hurst is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #508 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hurst’s overall grade.
Founding era1909, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19400.6% of homes (±0.5) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical TX town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 7%
NewerOlder
Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 21%

Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hurst’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Hurst’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 Hurst 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 Hurst’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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The story so far

Hurst, in brief

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

Hurst is a city in the U.S. state of Texas located in the densely populated portion of northeastern Tarrant County and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. It is considered a Dallas and Fort Worth suburb and is part of the Mid-Cities region. It is 13 miles from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 40,413. The city of Hurst is surrounded by other communities including Bedford, Euless, Fort Worth, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, Grapevine, and Colleyville. Hurst's education system is sponsored and served by the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, while other school districts Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and …

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 37,337 to 40,413 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Hurst, 1904 to 1991

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Ormel post office opens
  3. 1909Post officeThe Ormel post office closes
  4. 1909Post officeThe Hurst post office opens
  5. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1968Born hereBarry Foster is born here
  7. 1991Born hereKyle Bartsch is born here
By decade

Hurst, decade by decade

Today12 recent
Post Oak-Parker Cemetery2026Post Oak-Parker CemeteryMacy's North East Mall Hurst, Texas November 20192019Macy's North East Mall Hurst, Texas November 2019Macy's North East Mall2015Macy's North East MallSears at North East Mall in2012Sears at North East Mall inRack at North East Mall2012Rack at North East MallNew Victoria Store2012New Victoria StoreN. P. Hurst Motor Co. IH dealer2011N. P. Hurst Motor Co. IH dealer1612 Hurst Town Center Drive20101612 Hurst Town Center Drive1601 Hurst Town Center Drive20101601 Hurst Town Center DriveCityhallathurst2009CityhallathurstTexas HEBISD Bell HS front2007Texas HEBISD Bell HS frontTXMap-doton-Hurst2004TXMap-doton-Hurst
On the map

Hurst on the map, 1931 to 1995

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

Hurst on the 1931 USGS mapHurst on the 1959 USGS mapHurst on the 1968 USGS mapHurst on the 1973 USGS mapHurst on the 1981 USGS mapHurst on the 1995 USGS map1931Grapevine sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Hurst, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,000196019802000202040,413

Grew from 10,165 people in 1960 to 40,413 in 2020, 3 times over.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Hurst

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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B
Barry FosterPlayer of American football · b. 1968
K
Kyle BartschBaseball player · b. 1991
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Hurst’s post office has been open since 1909. Another post office, Ormel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ormel
1904–1909
Hurst
1909–today
19001960today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hurst
ArwineParker

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

ColleyvilleIts storyD−North Richland HillsIts storyD−Bedford1 historic placeCEulessIts storyDFort Worth103 historic placesA−Richland HillsIts storyD−

Questions about Hurst’s history

What year was Hurst founded?

The Hurst post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Hurst rank for history?

Hurst is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #508 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Hurst?

0.6% of Hurst’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1975.

Memory lane

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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) 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.