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History · Streetman

Streetman’s post office opened in 1907, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1922 on.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Streetman began

When was Streetman founded?

1907

The Streetman post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 248119 years
Founding year: the first Streetman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Streetman’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Streetman’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewLynching of George Gay in Streetman Tex…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Streetman, in brief

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

Streetman is a town in Freestone and Navarro counties in Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 248.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 247 in 2010, 248 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Streetman, 1898 to 1922

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Born hereFirpo Marberry is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Streetman post office opens
  5. 1922In the archiveLynching of George Gay in Streetman Texas 1922
By decade

Streetman, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Lynching of George Gay in Streetman Texas 19221922Lynching of George Gay in Streetman Texas 1922
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Streetman Texas (1 of 1)2018Streetman Texas (1 of 1)TXMap-doton-Streetman2004TXMap-doton-Streetman
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Lynching of George Gay in Streetman Texas 1922
Retake this viewLynching of George Gay in Streetman Texas 1922, 1922

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Streetman’s page.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

RichlandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Streetman’s history

What year was Streetman founded?

The Streetman post office opened in 1907, 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 (3), 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.