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History · Miles

Miles’ post office opened in 1908, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Miles was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listing is the J. Thiele Building. Its Register listing is the J. Thiele Building. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1910.

1908first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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How Miles began

When was Miles founded?

1908

The Miles post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Miles Station (1890), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 1,302 in 19102020 census: 875118 years
Founding year: the first Miles post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Miles’ 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 Miles are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1984. Watch Miles change.
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Start Miles’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Miles on the map, 1891 to 1984

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

Miles on the 1891 USGS mapMiles on the 1957 USGS mapMiles on the 1984 USGS map1891Hayrick sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Miles.

The story so far

Miles, in brief

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

Miles is a city in Runnels County, Texas, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. The city was named after Johnathan Miles, who donated $5,000 to a fund for an extension of a railroad track.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 829 to 875 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Miles, 1890 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Miles Station post office opens
  3. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Miles Station post office closes
  6. 1908Post officeThe Miles post office opens
By decade

Miles, decade by decade

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Every building

Miles, building by building, 1908–1921

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Miles fire insurance map, 1908, sheet 11908Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Miles

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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each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
J. Thiele Building
J. Thiele Building
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J. Thiele BuildingBuilding

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

People over time

Miles, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,302

Between 626 and 1,302 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Miles

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

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Nancy RicheyAmerican tennis player · b. 1942
Greg MadduxAmerican baseball player · b. 1966
Max LucadoAmerican clergyman and writer · b. 1955
Rogers HornsbyAmerican baseball player, coach, manager · b. 1896
Cliff RicheyUS tennis player · b. 1946
Bill McGillAmerican basketball player · b. 1939
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Miles’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Miles Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Miles Station
1890–1908
Miles
1908–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Miles’ history

What year was Miles founded?

The Miles post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Miles?

One place: the J. Thiele Building (listed 1976).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.