Lake Tanglewood was first counted by the census in 1980
Most of Lake Tanglewood was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake Tanglewood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lake Tanglewood is a village in Randall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Tanglewood had a population of 686. It is part of the Amarillo, Texas, metropolitan statistical area.
Its first post office opened in 1980. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 796 to 686 (-14%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lake Tanglewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1960The Palisades 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 Lake Tanglewood.
People over time
Lake Tanglewood, census by census
Between 485 and 825 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lake Tanglewood’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Lake Tanglewood
Nobody well known was born in Lake Tanglewood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
