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History · Weir

Weir’s post office opened in 1903, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

1903first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Weir began

When was Weir founded?

1903

The Weir post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 699123 years
Founding year: the first Weir post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Weir’s past

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The story

How Weir came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Weir.

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Tennessee-native Thomas Calvin Weir (1826–1901) came to Williamson County in 1856. He bought land in this area and became a prosperous farmer. Alabamian James Francis Towns (1850–1937) came in 1870 and settled nearby on the San Gabriel River. His brother, Robert W. Towns (1848–1938), and he operated a gin and blacksmith shop, as well as Towns Mill. Calvin Weir's son Horace M. Weir was also Weir's first postmaster.

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Questions about Weir’s history

What year was Weir founded?

The Weir post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.