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History · Neylandville

Neylandville’s post office opened in 1888

Most of Neylandville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1970.

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How Neylandville began

When was Neylandville founded?

1888

The Neylandville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 186 in 19702020 census: 67138 years
Founding year: the first Neylandville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Neylandville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Neylandville, in brief

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

Neylandville is a town in Hunt County, Texas, United States. The population was 67 at the 2020 census, down from 97 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 97 to 67 (-31%).

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

Timeline

Neylandville, 1888 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Neylandville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1924Post officeThe Neylandville post office closes
  5. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Neylandville, decade by decade

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On the map

Neylandville on the map in 1963

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Neylandville.

Neylandville on the 1963 USGS map1963Greenville NE 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 Neylandville.

People over time

Neylandville, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 186

Between 56 and 186 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Neylandville had its own post office from 1888 to 1924.

Neylandville
1888–1924
18801950today

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

Questions about Neylandville’s history

What year was Neylandville founded?

The Neylandville post office opened in 1888, 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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.