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Rule’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Rule was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961.

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How Rule began

When was Rule founded?

1903

The Rule post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 561123 years
Founding year: the first Rule post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rule’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 Rule are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Rule’s homes were built before 1961.
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The story so far

Rule, in brief

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

Rule is a town in Haskell County, Texas, United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census, down from 636 at the 2010 census. The community was named for W. A. Rule, a railroad man.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 636 to 561 (-12%).

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

By decade

Rule, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Rule

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Art BrilesAmerican college football coach · b. 1955
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Wes KittleyAmerican middle-distance runner

Questions about Rule’s history

What year was Rule founded?

The Rule post office opened in 1903, 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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.