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History · Moody

Moody’s post office opened in 1881, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it

1881first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Moody began

When was Moody founded?

1881

The Moody post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,376145 years

How historic is Moody?

C+

More historic than 45% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Moody post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Moody’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Moody is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Moody’s overall grade.
Founding era1881, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194022.2% of homes (±7.8) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical TX town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 45%
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Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Moody’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

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

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The story so far

Moody, in brief

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

Moody is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1881. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,371 in 2010, 1,376 in 2020.

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

By decade

Moody, decade by decade

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Questions about Moody’s history

What year was Moody founded?

The Moody post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Moody rank for history?

Moody is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Moody?

22% of Moody’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.8 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1973.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (2), 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.