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History · Stonewall

Stonewall’s post office opened in 1875

Most of Stonewall was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969.

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Quick answers

How Stonewall began, and where its name came from

When was Stonewall founded?

1875

The Stonewall post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Gold (1908), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 451151 years

How did Stonewall get its name?

Stonewall was named for Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, by Israel P. Nunez, who established a stage station near the site in 1870.

Founding year: the first Stonewall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Stonewall’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 Stonewall 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 Stonewall’s history is told.

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The story

How Stonewall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stonewall.

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It was named for Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, by Israel P. Nunez, who established a stage station near the site in 1870.

Stonewall was the home of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, and the LBJ Ranch is located nearby.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Stonewall, 1875 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Stonewall post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Born hereLyndon B. Johnson is born here
  5. 1908Post officeThe Gold post office opens
  6. 1931Post officeThe Gold post office closes
By decade

Stonewall, decade by decade

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Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his wife, Lady Bird's, home and the location of the "T…2014Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, o…Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his wife, Lady Bird's, home and the location of the "T…2014Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, o…Trinity Lutheran Church, hard by the LBJ Ranch2014Trinity Lutheran Church, hard by the LBJ RanchA statue of President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Texas State Parks' portion of the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall in the Texas …2014A statue of President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Texas …A barn at President Lyndon B. Johnson's "LJB" Ranch, near Stonewall, Texas2014A barn at President Lyndon B. Johnson's "LJB" Ranch, …Late-day scene in rural Gillespie County, Texas, near Stonewall2014Late-day scene in rural Gillespie County, Texas, near…
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Stonewall’s post office has been open since 1875. Another post office, Gold, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Stonewall
1875–today
Gold
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stonewall
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Stonewall’s history

What year was Stonewall founded?

The Stonewall post office opened in 1875, 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 the Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia, 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.