Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of St. Paul was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000.
The St. Paul post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saint Paul (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Paul’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of St. Paul yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
St. Paul is a town in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 992 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,066 to 992 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Nobody well known was born in St. Paul itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Saint Paul, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The St. Paul post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), 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.
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