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History · Texline

Texline’s post office opened in 1888

Most of Texline was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1954 on, and the census since 1920.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Texline’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Texline began

When was Texline founded?

1888

The Texline post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 762 in 19202020 census: 448138 years
Founding year: the first Texline post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Texline’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Texline’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Texline’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 viewThe President and the working man-Pres.…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Texline, in brief

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

Texline is a town in northwestern Dallam County, Texas, United States. Its population was 448 at the 2020 census. The town is named for its location near the New Mexico-Texas state line. The town sits on U.S. Highway 87, which continues southeast towards Dalhart and northwest towards Clayton, New Mexico.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 507 to 448 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Texline, 1888 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Texline post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905In the archiveThe President and the working man-Pres. Roosevelt greeting a train man at
  5. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Texline, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
The President and the working man-Pres. Roosevelt greeting a train man at1905The President and the working man-Pres. Roosevelt gre…The President and the working man--Pres. Roosevelt greeting a train man at Texline, Texas1905The President and the working man--Pres. Roosevelt gr…
1910s–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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Today3 recent
Texline, TX, United Methodist Church IMG 49472010Texline, TX, United Methodist Church IMG 4947Texline, Texas, city limit sign2008Texline, Texas, city limit signTexline, Texas, 2nd St2008Texline, Texas, 2nd St
On the map

Texline on the map, 1954 to 1976

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

Texline on the 1954 USGS mapTexline on the 1962 USGS mapTexline on the 1976 USGS map1954Dalhart sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Texline.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

The President and the working man-Pres. Roosevelt greeting a train man at
Retake this viewThe President and the working man-Pres. Roosevelt greeting a train man at, 1905

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

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People over time

Texline, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 762

Between 385 and 762 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Texline’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Texline

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

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Charles DeatonAmerican architect · b. 1921
Edward L. TixierUnited States Air Force general · b. 1929
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Victor Henry AndersonPoet, co-founder of Feri Tradition · b. 1917

Questions about Texline’s history

What year was Texline founded?

The Texline post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (4), the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.