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History · Moore

Moore’s post office opened in 1897

Most of Moore was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1880 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Moore began

When was Moore founded?

1897

The Moore post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Moores Station (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 610129 years
Founding year: the first Moore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moore’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Moore, in brief

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

Moore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frio County, Texas, United States. Its population was 610 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 475 to 610 (+28%).

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

Timeline

Moore, 1880 to 1897

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Frio County - ED 82-1 - ED 82-10
  3. 1882Post officeThe Moores Station post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Moores Station post office closes
  5. 1897Post officeThe Moore post office opens
By decade

Moore, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Frio County - ED 82-1 - ED 82-1018801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Frio …
1890s–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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Today1 recent
Moore-tx-cemetery2016-12016Moore-tx-cemetery2016-1
Then & now

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Frio County - ED 82-1 - ED 82-10
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Frio County - ED 82-1 - ED 82-10, 1880

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Famous people

Famous people close to Moore

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

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George StraitAmerican country music singer · b. 1952
Johnny RodriguezAmerican singer · b. 1951
Lola Maverick LloydAmerican activist and pacifist · b. 1875
Mariette Rheiner GarnerSecond Lady of the United States · b. 1869
Paul J. KildayAmerican politician · b. 1900
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Bennett McCallumEconomist · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Moore’s post office has been open since 1897. Another post office, Moores Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Moores Station
1882–1897
Moore
1897–today
18801950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moore
MooreMoore

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

Questions about Moore’s history

What year was Moore founded?

The Moore post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.