The Reno post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Briar (1884), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 688 in 19702020 census: 2,878142 years
How historic is Reno?
C−
More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Reno post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Reno’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Reno is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #311 of 642 in Texas. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Reno’s overall grade.
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 Reno’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (34% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.6 points). 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 Reno’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reno yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Reno is a city located in Parker County, Texas, United States (a small portion of the city extends into Tarrant County). As of 2020, its population was 2,878. It is not to be confused with Reno, Lamar County, Texas.
Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,494 to 2,878 (+15%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Reno, 1884 to 1932
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Reno post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Reno rank for history?
Reno is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #311 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.
How old are the homes in Reno?
4% of Reno’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.6 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 1989.
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 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.
