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History · Normanna

Normanna’s post office opened in 1894, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Medio Creek Bridge. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 2000.

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1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Normanna began

When was Normanna founded?

1894

The Normanna post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, San Domingo (1860), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 121 in 20002020 census: 98132 years
Founding year: the first Normanna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Normanna’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 Normanna are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Normanna’s history is told.

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The story so far

Normanna, in brief

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

Normanna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 98 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 113 to 98 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Normanna, 1860 to 1936

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe San Domingo post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe San Domingo post office closes
  4. 1894Post officeThe Normanna post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Normanna, decade by decade

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On the map

Normanna on the map, 1936 to 1987

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

Normanna on the 1936 USGS mapNormanna on the 1956 USGS mapNormanna on the 1963 USGS mapNormanna on the 1987 USGS map1936Pettus sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Normanna

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Medio Creek Bridge
Medio Creek Bridge
Structures
Medio Creek BridgeStructure

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

People over time

Normanna, census by census

010020002020Peak: 121

Between 98 and 121 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Normanna

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

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Ignacio ZaragozaMexican political and military leader · b. 1829
Nolan RyanAmerican baseball player · b. 1947
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Jack StarrettAmerican actor · b. 1936
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Craig WilsonAmerican water polo player · b. 1957
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Goldie HillAmerican musician · b. 1933
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James CrumleyAmerican writer · b. 1939
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Normanna’s post office has been open since 1894. Another post office, San Domingo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

San Domingo
1860–1882
Normanna
1894–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Normanna’s history

What year was Normanna founded?

The Normanna post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Normanna?

One place: the Medio Creek Bridge (listed 1988).

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 (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.