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History · Mound

Mound dates to 1882

Below: maps from 1947 on.

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When was Mound founded?

1882

Mound dates its founding to 1882 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1884.

2020 census: 174144 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1884.

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The story so far

Mound, in brief

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

Mound is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its elevation is 692 feet (211 m). Although Mound is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76558. Mound was settled early in the 1850s, before most other communities in Coryell County; despite this, it did not receive a railroad line until 1882 or a post office until 1884. Although Mound was long a center of education (it was named for the local White Mound School), in 1971 its schools were merged into the Gatesville Independent School District. Today, FM 1829 passes through Mound. As of 2020, the population of Mound was 174.

Mound was established in 1882.

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

Timeline

Mound, 1882 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882
    FoundingMound is established
  3. 1884Post officeThe Mound post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Mound on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Mound on the 1947 USGS mapMound on the 1958 USGS mapMound on the 1994 USGS map1947North Fort Hood sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Mound’s history

What year was Mound founded?

In 1882, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Mound’s post office opened in 1884.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.