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Nordheim dates to 1895, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1920.

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How Nordheim began

When was Nordheim founded?

1895

Nordheim dates its founding to 1895 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 443 in 19202020 census: 336131 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1896.The full story ↓

What stands out about Nordheim’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 Nordheim are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Nordheim’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nordheim’s history is told.

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The story

How Nordheim came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Nordheim.

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Nordheim was founded in 1895 as a railway siding known as Weldon Switch along the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. The area became a settlement primarily of German immigrants. H. Runge and Company—owning much of the surrounding area—along with other local figures laid out the townsite. In 1896, the community was renamed after Nordheim, Baden-Württemberg the German hometown of Runge’s president, William Frobese.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Nordheim, 1895 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895
    FoundingNordheim is established
  3. 1896Post officeThe Nordheim post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Nordheim, decade by decade

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On the map

Nordheim on the map, 1963 to 1987

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

Nordheim on the 1963 USGS mapNordheim on the 1987 USGS map1963Yorktown West 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 Nordheim.

People over time

Nordheim, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 477

Between 307 and 477 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Nordheim’s history

What year was Nordheim founded?

In 1895, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Nordheim’s post office opened in 1896, and the census of 1920 counted 443 people here.

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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), Wikipedia, 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.