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San Patricio de Hibernia MonumentSan Patricio de Hibernia Monument · Photo: Larry D. Moore · Public domain
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History · San Patricio

San Patricio’s post office opened in 1835, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of San Patricio was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Its Register listings are the San Patricio de Hibernia Monument, the Sons of San Patricio Monument and the James McGloin Homestead. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1880.

1835first post office
3on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How San Patricio began

When was San Patricio founded?

1835

The San Patricio post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 238 in 18802020 census: 384191 years
Founding year: the first San Patricio post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about San Patricio’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 San Patricio are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1835: 191 years of San Patricio.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how San Patricio’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

San Patricio, 1835 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835Post officeThe San Patricio post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1929Post officeThe San Patricio post office closes
  5. 1937BuiltSan Patricio de Hibernia Monument is built
  6. 1937BuiltSons of San Patricio Monument is built
  7. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How San Patricio came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of San Patricio.

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The town was founded in 1829 by empresarios James McGloin and John McMullen. They had received approval from the Mexican government to settle 200 Irish Catholic families on the land—the name meaning Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Empresario James Power was involved as well.

The Battle of San Patricio was fought near the town in 1836 during the Texas Revolution.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

San Patricio on the map, 1954 to 1984

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

San Patricio on the 1954 USGS mapSan Patricio on the 1979 USGS mapSan Patricio on the 1984 USGS map1954Orange Grove sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of San Patricio.

On the National Register

3 historic places in San Patricio

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

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first listed
1971
James McGloin Homestead
San Patricio de Hibernia Monument, built 1937Sons of San Patricio Monument, built 1937James McGloin Homestead
BuildingsObjects

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
San Patricio de Hibernia MonumentBuilt 1937
Sons of San Patricio MonumentBuilt 1937
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James McGloin HomesteadBuilding · listed 1971

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

San Patricio, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 395

Between 210 and 395 people in every census since 1880.

7 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to San Patricio

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

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Solomon P. OrtizAmerican politician · b. 1937
Eddie JacksonAmerican bassist · b. 1961
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Gene UpshawAmerican football player, labor leader, NFLPA p… · b. 1945
Chase BryantAmerican country singer · b. 1993
Abel HerreroAmerican politician · b. 1969
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Brooks KieschnickAmerican baseball player · b. 1972
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

San Patricio had its own post office from 1835 to 1929.

San Patricio
1835–1929
18301930today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sandy Hollow-EscondidasIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about San Patricio’s history

What year was San Patricio founded?

The San Patricio post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in San Patricio?

Three places: the San Patricio de Hibernia Monument (listed 2018), the Sons of San Patricio Monument (2018) and the James McGloin Homestead (1971).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.