1 of Timberwood Park’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 37% of U.S. towns · #193 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Timberwood Park was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2008.
About Timberwood Park’s history
How historic is Timberwood Park?
More historic than 37% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Timberwood Park’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Timberwood Park is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #193 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Timberwood Park’s 2.5 sits above most of its state (78% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
1 listing protects 9 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Timberwood Park’s history
How does Timberwood Park rank for history?
Timberwood Park is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #193 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Timberwood Park?
One place: the Specht’s Store and Schmidt’s Gin (listed 2020).
How old are the homes in Timberwood Park?
0.2% of Timberwood Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 2008.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.