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History · Ingram

Ingram’s post office opened in 1882

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Ingram was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1980.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Ingram’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Ingram began

When was Ingram founded?

1882

The Ingram post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,921 in 19802020 census: 1,787144 years

How historic is Ingram?

C−

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Ingram’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Ingram is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Ingram’s overall grade.
Founding era1882, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.3% of homes (±2.6) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%C−National 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 19%
NewerOlder

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 Ingram’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 C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.6 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 Ingram’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Ingram’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ingram’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Ingram, in brief

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

Ingram is a city in Kerr County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 1,849 in 2024,

Its first post office opened in 1882. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,804 in 2010, 1,787 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Ingram, 1880 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr County - ED 133-1A - ED 133-9
  3. 1882Post officeThe Ingram post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ingram, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s3 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr County - ED 133-1A - ED 133-918801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr …1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr County - ED 133-1A - ED 133-918801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr …1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas (TX) - Kerr County - Kerr County - ED 133-1 to 1818801950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas (TX) - …
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today9 recent
Mural depicts the surprising arrival of camels at the U.S. Army's Camp Verde in the county. Painted on the wall of a lu…2014Mural depicts the surprising arrival of camels at the…Mural depicting pioneer Jack McNeal, who operated the first blacksmith shop in Ingram. Painted on the wall of a lumber …2014Mural depicting pioneer Jack McNeal, who operated the…Mural depicting one of the 10 mills in the area in the 1850s. Painted on the wall of a lumber company in2014Mural depicting one of the 10 mills in the area in th…Mural depicting one of the 10 mills in the area in the 1850s. Painted on the wall of a lumber company in2014Mural depicting one of the 10 mills in the area in th…Mural depicting early camp meetings painted on the wall of a lumber company in2014Mural depicting early camp meetings painted on the wa…Mural depicting area Indians, about 1865, burning grasslands to provide fresh graze for buffalo and antelope. Painted o…2014Mural depicting area Indians, about 1865, burning gra…Ingram Dam2009Ingram DamHill Country Sunrise2009Hill Country SunriseTXMap-doton-Ingram2004TXMap-doton-Ingram
On the map

Ingram on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Ingram on the 1964 USGS mapIngram on the 1982 USGS map1964Kerrville 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 Ingram.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr County - ED 133-1A - ED 133-9
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Kerr County - ED 133-1A - ED 133-9, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Ingram’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Ingram, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000198020002020Peak: 1,921

Between 1,408 and 1,921 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Questions about Ingram’s history

What year was Ingram founded?

The Ingram post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Ingram rank for history?

Ingram is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. 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 Ingram?

2% of Ingram’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1974.

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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), 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.