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History · Maypearl

Maypearl’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Maypearl was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.

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How Maypearl began

When was Maypearl founded?

1903

The Maypearl post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1911. Another post office, Eyrie (1894), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 939123 years
Founding year: the first Maypearl post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1911.

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

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The story so far

Maypearl, in brief

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

Maypearl is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States. Its population was 939 in 2020.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 934 in 2010, 939 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Maypearl, 1894 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Eyrie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Born hereTex Jeanes is born here
  5. 1903Post officeThe Eyrie post office closes
  6. 1903Post officeThe Maypearl post office opens
  7. 1941Born herePat Choate is born here
By decade

Maypearl, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Maypearl

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

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Pat ChoateAmerican economist · b. 1941
Tex JeanesAmerican baseball player · b. 1900
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Maypearl’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Eyrie, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eyrie
1894–1903
Maypearl
1903–today
18901960today

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

Questions about Maypearl’s history

What year was Maypearl founded?

The Maypearl post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1911.

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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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.