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History · Quail

Quail’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Quail was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1949. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 2000.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Quail began

When was Quail founded?

1902

The Quail post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 33 in 20002020 census: 17124 years
Founding year: the first Quail post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Quail’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 Quail are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Quail’s homes were built before 1949.
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The story so far

Quail, in brief

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

Quail is a rural small town and census-designated place in Collingsworth County, Texas, United States. The population was 17 at the 2020 census, down from 19 at the 2010 census. The town has a general store, a small hotel and an income tax service.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 19 to 17 (-11%).

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

By decade

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

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On the map

Quail on the map, 1964 to 1986

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

Quail on the 1964 USGS mapQuail on the 1986 USGS map1964Quail 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 Quail.

People over time

Quail, census by census

020002020Peak: 33

Between 17 and 33 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Questions about Quail’s history

What year was Quail founded?

The Quail post office opened in 1902, 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.