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History · Webberville

Webberville’s post office opened in 1853, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers.

1853first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Webberville began

When was Webberville founded?

1853

The Webberville post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 394173 years
Founding year: the first Webberville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Webberville’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 Webberville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewTom Ireland House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Webberville, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1853. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 392 in 2010, 394 in 2020.

Timeline

Webberville, 1853 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe Webberville post office opens
  3. 1872Born hereG. W. Pierce is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Webberville post office closes
By decade

Webberville, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Tom Ireland HouseDate?Tom Ireland HouseAaron Burleson HouseDate?Aaron Burleson House
Today2 recent
Webberville, TX, August 8 20202020Webberville, TX, August 8 2020Webberville Solar Farm Near Austin Texas from the Air2012Webberville Solar Farm Near Austin Texas from the Air
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Tom Ireland House
Retake this viewTom Ireland House

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

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Webberville had its own post office from 1853 to 1903.

Webberville
1853–1903
18501940today
1cemetery inside Webberville
Woods

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

Questions about Webberville’s history

What year was Webberville founded?

The Webberville post office opened in 1853, 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 (2), the Library of Congress (2), 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.