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Pflugerville’s post office opened in 1893, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns · #232 of 642 in Texas. What drives it

Most of Pflugerville was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1970.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
0.3%homes built before 1940
6famous people
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Quick answers

How Pflugerville began, and where its name came from

When was Pflugerville founded?

1893

The Pflugerville post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 549 in 19702020 census: 65,191133 years

How did Pflugerville get its name?

Pflugerville was named after the original German settlers who farmed the area starting in 1849.

How historic is Pflugerville?

C

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Pflugerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Pflugerville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pflugerville is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #232 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pflugerville’s overall grade.
Founding era1893, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.3% of homes (±0.3) · typical TX town 1.6% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 4 historic buildings, 0.6 per 10,000 residents · typical TX town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 31%
NewerOlder
Texas towns of 2,500+ (642)Ahead of 64%

Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pflugerville’s 0.6 sits above most of its state (71% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Pflugerville’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 Pflugerville 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 Pflugerville’s history is told.

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The story

How Pflugerville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pflugerville.

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The area was initially settled by German immigrant Henry Pfluger Sr. (1803–1867) and members of his family from late 1849 into early 1850. Pfluger had been a wealthy farmer in Germany, but lost all of his property during the revolutions of 1848. He arrived in the country with $1,600 and purchased 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land two miles (3.2 km) east of Austin from John Liese, a brother-in-law who had immigrated before him. In 1853, Pfluger paid Liese $960 for a 960-acre (3.9 km2) tract of land in an area known as Brushy Knob. There, the family lived in a five-room log cabin and raised corn, wheat, rye, beans, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane. The Pfluger family also owned several slaves, some of whom were fluent in German.

ChaptersPfluger homesteadCommunity development1930 to 1964Incorporation and growth1990 to 2000s2000 to 2023

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pflugerville, 1893 to 1991

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Pflugerville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1969Born hereOscar Draguicevich is born here
  6. 1974Born hereTony Northrup is born here
  7. 1989Born hereJason Krizan is born here
  8. 1991Born hereIK Enemkpali is born here
By decade

Pflugerville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Gilleland Creek2013Gilleland CreekGilleland Creek Fall2013Gilleland Creek FallPflugervilleP2012PflugervillePLake pflugerville 20122012Lake pflugerville 2012Welcome To2009Welcome ToPflugervilleTexasCityHall2004PflugervilleTexasCityHall
On the map

Pflugerville on the map, 1955 to 1987

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

Pflugerville on the 1955 USGS mapPflugerville on the 1968 USGS mapPflugerville on the 1973 USGS mapPflugerville on the 1987 USGS map1955Austin 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 Pflugerville.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 4 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
2012
East Main Street Historic District
East Main Street Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Italianate1
1-Part Commercial Block1
East Main Street Historic DistrictItalianate

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

People over time

Pflugerville, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,00070,00019802000202065,191

Grew from 549 people in 1970 to 65,191 in 2020, more than tenfold.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Pflugerville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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IK EnemkpaliAmerican football player · b. 1991
O
Oscar DraguicevichAmerican soccer player · b. 1969
Tony NorthrupAmerican author, photographer and video instruc… · b. 1974
Jason KrizanAmerican baseball player · b. 1989
Steven SheffieldAmerican football player · b. 1988
G
Garrett LindholmAmerican football player · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Pflugerville’s post office has been open since 1893.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ward SpringWindemere
1cemetery inside Pflugerville
Pfluger

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Round Rock4 historic placesC+Austin205 historic placesB+

Questions about Pflugerville’s history

What year was Pflugerville founded?

The Pflugerville post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Pflugerville rank for history?

Pflugerville is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #232 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Pflugerville?

One place: the East Main Street Historic District (listed 2012).

How old are the homes in Pflugerville?

0.3% of Pflugerville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 2004.

Memory lane

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.