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History · Lipscomb

Lipscomb’s post office opened in 1886, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lipscomb County Courthouse.

1886first post office
1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Lipscomb began

When was Lipscomb founded?

1886

The Lipscomb post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 66140 years
Founding year: the first Lipscomb post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lipscomb’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 Lipscomb 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 Lipscomb’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lipscomb, in brief

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

Lipscomb ( LIP-skəm) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Lipscomb County, Texas, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 37 to 66 (+78%).

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

By decade

Lipscomb, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lipscomb

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
2008
Lipscomb County Courthouse
Lipscomb County Courthouse
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Revivals1
Classical Revivals1
Lipscomb County CourthouseLate Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Revivals

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lipscomb

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

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Michael DunnAmerican actor and singer · b. 1934
Mike HargroveAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1949
Dave McCurdyAmerican politician, lawyer, lobbyist · b. 1950
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Lou RichardsAmerican actor · b. 1951
Caleb CampbellAmerican football player · b. 1984
Keith FlowersAmerican football player · b. 1930

Questions about Lipscomb’s history

What year was Lipscomb founded?

The Lipscomb post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Lipscomb?

One place: the Lipscomb County Courthouse (listed 2008).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.