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History · Newcastle

Newcastle’s post office opened in 1908, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos River. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1969 on.

1908first post office
1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Newcastle’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Newcastle began

When was Newcastle founded?

1908

The Newcastle post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 526118 years
Founding year: the first Newcastle post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newcastle’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Newcastle’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newcastle’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 viewUntitled photo: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Newcastle, in brief

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

Newcastle is a city in Young County, Texas, United States. Following the beginning of coal mining in 1908, the town was established and named after the English coal town, Newcastle upon Tyne. Coal mining had ended by 1942. Its population was 526 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 585 to 526 (-10%).

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

By decade

Newcastle, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s2 items
Untitled photo1969Untitled photoUntitled photo1969Untitled photo
1970s–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.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
Newcastle Texas1 (1 of 1)2020Newcastle Texas1 (1 of 1)TXMap-doton-Newcastle2004TXMap-doton-Newcastle
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.

Untitled photo
Retake this viewUntitled photo, 1969

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Newcastle

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos River
Structures
State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos RiverStructure

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Newcastle

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

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Rex BrownAmerican bassist · b. 1964
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Dean SmithAmerican athletics competitor, stuntman and act… · b. 1932
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Byron KatieAmerican spiritual writer · b. 1942
O
Owen J. BaggettAmerican Air Force officer · b. 1920
Bob LillyAmerican football player · b. 1939
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Tom ReamyAmerican writer · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Newcastle’s post office has been open since 1908.

Gone or out of use
Belknap Mine Number 3mineBelknap Mine Number 4mine

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

Questions about Newcastle’s history

What year was Newcastle founded?

The Newcastle 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 Newcastle?

One place: the State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos River (listed 2018).

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 (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.