Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Walnut Springs

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Walnut Springs

Walnut Springs’ post office opened in 1892, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1847 on.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Walnut Springs’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Walnut Springs began

When was Walnut Springs founded?

1892

The Walnut Springs post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Walnut (1883), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 795134 years
Founding year: the first Walnut Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Walnut Springs’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Walnut Springs’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walnut Springs’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewZachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Walnut Springs, in brief

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

Walnut Springs is a city in Bosque County. Texas, United States. The population was 795 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 827 to 795 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Walnut Springs, 1847 to 1892

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847In the archiveZachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title QS:P1476,en:"Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs "lab…
  3. 1883Post officeThe Walnut post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe Walnut post office closes
  5. 1892Post officeThe Walnut Springs post office opens
By decade

Walnut Springs, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1840s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1840s1 item
Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title QS:P1476,en:"Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs "label QS:Len,"Zachary Taylor at W…1847Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title QS:P1476,en:"Z…
Today5 recent
Walnut Spings42012Walnut Spings4Walnut Spings32012Walnut Spings3Walnut Spings22012Walnut Spings2Walnut Spings12012Walnut Spings1TXMap-doton-WalnutSprings2004TXMap-doton-WalnutSprings
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.

Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title QS:P1476,en:"Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs "label QS:Len,"Zachary Taylor at W…
Retake this viewZachary Taylor at Walnut Springs title QS:P1476,en:"Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs "label QS:Len,"Zachary Taylor at W…, 1847

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Walnut Springs

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

See all →
Ben HoganAmerican golfer · b. 1912
Mark HarelikAmerican actor · b. 1951
Brooke RollinsAmerican attorney and politician · b. 1972
Jeb HensarlingFormer U.S. Representative from Texas · b. 1957
Louise LathamAmerican actress, editor · b. 1922
Dan CampbellAmerican football player and coach · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Walnut Springs’s post office has been open since 1892. Another post office, Walnut, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Walnut
1883–1892
Walnut Springs
1892–today
18801950today

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

Questions about Walnut Springs’ history

What year was Walnut Springs founded?

The Walnut Springs post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 (6), 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.