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History · Throckmorton

Throckmorton’s post office opened in 1879, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Throckmorton County Courthouse and Jail.

1879first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Throckmorton began

When was Throckmorton founded?

1879

The Throckmorton post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 727147 years
Founding year: the first Throckmorton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Throckmorton’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 Throckmorton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Throckmorton’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Throckmorton’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Throckmorton, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 828 to 727 (-12%).

By decade

Throckmorton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Camp Cooper C.S.A. vicinity2017Camp Cooper C.S.A. vicinityThrockmorton Texas Volunteer Fire Department2015Throckmorton Texas Volunteer Fire DepartmentThrockmorton Texas Old Railroad Depot2015Throckmorton Texas Old Railroad DepotThrockmorton County Texas Courthouse 20152015Throckmorton County Texas Courthouse 2015Downtown2015DowntownThrockmorton wiki2009Throckmorton wiki
On the National Register

1 historic place in Throckmorton

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Throckmorton County Courthouse and Jail
Throckmorton County Courthouse and Jail
Buildings
Throckmorton County Courthouse and JailBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Throckmorton’s history

What year was Throckmorton founded?

The Throckmorton post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Throckmorton?

One place: the Throckmorton County Courthouse and Jail (listed 1978).

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

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.