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History · Todd Mission

Half of Todd Mission’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Todd Mission was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Todd Mission’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 Todd Mission are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Todd Mission, in brief

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

Todd Mission is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States. It lies on Farm to Market Road 1774, fifty miles (80 km) northwest of Houston. Its population was 121 as of the 2020 census, up from 107 at the 2010 census. The city is home to the Texas Renaissance Festival.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 107 to 121 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Todd Mission, 1907 to 1962

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Todd post office opens
  3. 1915Post officeThe Todd post office closes
  4. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Todd Mission on the map, 1962 to 1985

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

Todd Mission on the 1962 USGS mapTodd Mission on the 1985 USGS map1962Plantersville sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Todd Mission, census by census

010020002020Peak: 146

Between 54 and 146 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Todd Mission

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

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Chad HedrickAmerican speed skater · b. 1977
Colin EdwardsAmerican motorcycle racer · b. 1974
Nneka OgwumikeAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
Kirby Bliss BlantonAmerican actress · b. 1990
Josh BeckettMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1980
Chiney OgwumikeAmerican basketball player · b. 1992
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Todd, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

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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 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.