Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Oakhurst

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Oakhurst

Half of Oakhurst’s homes were built after 1974

Most of Oakhurst was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Oakhurst’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 Oakhurst are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Oakhurst’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oakhurst’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Oakhurst, in brief

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

Oakhurst is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oakhurst had a population of 148. Prior to the 2010 census Oakhurst and Cape Royale CDPs were part of Oakhurst city, which has been disincorporated.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 233 to 148 (-36%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Oakhurst on the map, 1961 to 1997

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

Oakhurst on the 1961 USGS mapOakhurst on the 1972 USGS mapOakhurst on the 1997 USGS map1961Oakhurst 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 Oakhurst.

People over time

Oakhurst, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 233

Between 148 and 233 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Palmetto Park
1cemetery inside Oakhurst
Center Hill

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Oakhurst’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.