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History · Lipan

Lipan’s post office opened in 1875, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1931 on, and the census since 1960.

1875first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Lipan began

When was Lipan founded?

1875

The Lipan post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 309 in 19602020 census: 505151 years
Founding year: the first Lipan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lipan’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.
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Start Lipan’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Lipan, in brief

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

Lipan ( LY-pan) is a city in northwestern Hood County, Texas, United States. Its population was 505 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Granbury, Texas micropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1875. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 430 to 505 (+17%).

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

By decade

Lipan, decade by decade

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Today4 recent
W. D. and Essie Gafford House Lipan (1 of 1)2021W. D. and Essie Gafford House Lipan (1 of 1)Lipan Texas Wiki (1 of 1)2021Lipan Texas Wiki (1 of 1)LipanTexas1 (1 of 1)2017LipanTexas1 (1 of 1)TXMap-doton-Lipan2004TXMap-doton-Lipan
On the map

Lipan on the map, 1931 to 1984

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

Lipan on the 1931 USGS mapLipan on the 1959 USGS mapLipan on the 1984 USGS map1931Santo 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 Lipan.

People over time

Lipan, census by census

01002003004005001960198020002020Peak: 505

Between 309 and 505 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lipan

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

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Robert E. HowardAmerican author · b. 1906
Mary MartinAmerican actress · b. 1913
Ben HoganAmerican golfer · b. 1912
Millie Hughes-FulfordAstronaut, academic researcher · b. 1945
Brooke RollinsAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1972
Kevin RahmAmerican actor · b. 1971

Questions about Lipan’s history

What year was Lipan founded?

The Lipan post office opened in 1875, 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 (5), 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.