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Point Blank’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Point Blank was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1980.

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How Point Blank began

When was Point Blank founded?

1884

The Point Blank post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 325 in 19802020 census: 643142 years
Founding year: the first Point Blank post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Point Blank’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 Point Blank 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 Point Blank’s history is told.

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The story

How Point Blank came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Point Blank.

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Florence Dissiway, a French woman from Alabama, who worked as a governess for a local family, gave the community the name Blanc Point c. 1850, which was later changed to Point Blank.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Point Blank, decade by decade

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Robert Tod Robinson House Point Blank Texas 20232023Robert Tod Robinson House Point Blank Texas 2023Point Blank Texas Post Office 20232023Point Blank Texas Post Office 2023Civic Center Point Blank Texas 20232023Civic Center Point Blank Texas 2023411 Oak Tree Dr. Point Blank, Texas 773642019411 Oak Tree Dr. Point Blank, Texas 77364
On the map

Point Blank on the map, 1960 to 1972

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

Point Blank on the 1960 USGS mapPoint Blank on the 1972 USGS map1960Stephen Creek 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 Point Blank.

People over time

Point Blank, census by census

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Between 325 and 688 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

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

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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Point Blank
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Point Blank’s history

What year was Point Blank founded?

The Point Blank post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.