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History · Quitaque

Quitaque’s post office opened in 1891, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1891first post office
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How Quitaque began

When was Quitaque founded?

1891

The Quitaque post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 342135 years
Founding year: the first Quitaque post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Quitaque’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Quitaque are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Quitaque’s homes were built before 1963.
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The story so far

Quitaque, in brief

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

Quitaque ( KIT-ih-kway) is a city in southeastern Briscoe County, Texas, United States. The town lies directly south of Caprock Canyon State Park and is a ranching and farming area in West Texas. The population was 342 at the 2020 census, and 411 at the 2010 census. According to tradition, Quitaque is a name derived from an American Indian language, meaning "end of the trail".

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 411 to 342 (-17%).

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

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Quitaque, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Quitaque

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

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Don WilliamsAmerican country singer · b. 1939
Maurice EwingAmerican geophysicist and oceanographer · b. 1906
Price BrookfieldAmerican basketball player · b. 1920
Karen Elliott HouseAmerican journalist and former executive · b. 1947
Garry TempletonAmerican baseball player · b. 1956
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H. Jeff KimbleAmerican physicist · b. 1949

Questions about Quitaque’s history

What year was Quitaque founded?

The Quitaque post office opened in 1891, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.