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History · Miami

Miami’s post office opened in 1887, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Roberts County Courthouse and the Carlock Building. Below: 4 old photos and papers from 1943 on.

1887first post office
2on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Miami’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Miami began

When was Miami founded?

1887

The Miami post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 539139 years
Founding year: the first Miami post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Miami’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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Miami’s homes were built before 1962.
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Start Miami’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMiami, Texas. Train stopping for water …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Miami, in brief

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

Miami ( my-AM-ə) is a city in Roberts County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Pampa, Texas micropolitan statistical area. Its population was 539 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Roberts County, as well as the only municipality in the county. The Roberts County Museum, located in Miami, contains many interesting artifacts and history of the county. Residences are mainly single family homes. Miami has become noted for its annual cow calling contest, which occurs the first weekend in June and has been going for over 75 years.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 597 to 539 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Miami, 1887 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Miami post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913BuiltRoberts County Courthouse is built
  5. 1943In the archiveMiami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad …
By decade

Miami, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s4 items
Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo,…1943Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atch…Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian, Texas and Amarillo, Texas. Brakeman C. B.…1943Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ra…Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian, Texas and Amarillo, Texas. Brakeman C. B.…1943Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ra…Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian, Texas and Amarillo, Texas. Rear brakeman …1943Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ra…
1950s–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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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.

Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo,…
Retake this viewMiami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo,…, 1943

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Miami

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
Roberts County Courthouse
Roberts County Courthouse, built 1913Carlock Building
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Classical Revival1
Art Deco1
Roberts County CourthouseClassical Revival · Built 1913
Carlock BuildingArt Deco

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

Questions about Miami’s history

What year was Miami founded?

The Miami post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Miami?

Two places: the Roberts County Courthouse (listed 2004) and the Carlock Building (2004).

Memory lane

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

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.