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History · Oglesby

Oglesby’s post office opened in 1883, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1960.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Oglesby began

When was Oglesby founded?

1883

The Oglesby post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 414 in 19602020 census: 441143 years
Founding year: the first Oglesby post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oglesby’s past

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The story so far

Oglesby, in brief

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

Oglesby is a city in Coryell County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oglesby had a population of 441. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 484 to 441 (-9%).

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

By decade

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On the map

Oglesby on the map, 1947 to 1994

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

Oglesby on the 1947 USGS mapOglesby on the 1957 USGS mapOglesby on the 1979 USGS mapOglesby on the 1994 USGS map1947Oglesby 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 Oglesby.

People over time

Oglesby, census by census

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Between 414 and 484 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Oglesby

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

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Jennifer Love HewittAmerican actress and singer · b. 1979
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Steve MartinAmerican comedian, actor, musician and writer · b. 1945
Ashlee SimpsonAmerican singer and actress · b. 1984
C. Wright MillsAmerican sociologist · b. 1916
Rip TornAmerican actor · b. 1931
Corinne GriffithAmerican actress, film producer, author · b. 1894

Questions about Oglesby’s history

What year was Oglesby founded?

The Oglesby post office opened in 1883, 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 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.