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History · Texhoma

Texhoma’s post office opened in 1909, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Texhoma began

When was Texhoma founded?

1909

The Texhoma post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 258117 years
Founding year: the first Texhoma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Texhoma’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 Texhoma are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Texhoma’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Texhoma’s history is told.

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The story

How Texhoma came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Texhoma.

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Texhoma is situated on U.S. Route 54, and was a stop of the Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway. The community was first platted in 1906, and had a population of 300 by 1910. The town was named for the Texoma region. The post office, started by A. Y. Ingham, lasted from December 11, 1909 to April 30, 1910, before combining with the post office in Texhoma, Oklahoma. After a 1932 survey which moved the border about 465 feet south, most of the businesses were placed in the Oklahoma side. The town incorporated in 1980.

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Texhoma, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Texhoma

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

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Jeremy SochanAmerican-Polish basketball player · b. 2003
Michael D. BrownFormer director of the U.S. Federal Emergency M… · b. 1954
Claudia BryarActress · b. 1918
Larry D. WelchUnited States Air Force general · b. 1934
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Lowell David FlyrBotanist · b. 1937
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David Kyle JohnsonAmerican university professor · b. 1977
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Texhoma had its own post office from 1909 to 1910.

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

Questions about Texhoma’s history

What year was Texhoma founded?

The Texhoma post office opened in 1909, 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 (1), 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.