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History · Shiro

Shiro’s post office opened in 1902, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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Photo: J.B. Hill from Huntsville, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers

How Shiro began

When was Shiro founded?

1902

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

2020 census: 201124 years
Founding year: the first Shiro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Shiro’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 Shiro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shiro’s history is told.

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The story so far

Shiro, in brief

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

Shiro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grimes County, Texas, United States located on State Highway 30 and the BNSF Railway in east central Grimes County. As of the 2020 census, Shiro had a population of 201.

Its first post office opened in 1902.

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

Shiro on the map, 1962 to 1985

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

Shiro on the 1962 USGS mapShiro on the 1985 USGS map1962Roans Prairie 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 Shiro.

Questions about Shiro’s history

What year was Shiro founded?

The Shiro 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, 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.