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Wellman’s post office opened in 1925

Most of Wellman was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1980.

1925first post office

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How Wellman began

When was Wellman founded?

1925

The Wellman post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 239 in 19802020 census: 230101 years

Founding year: the first Wellman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wellman’s past

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

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The story so far

Wellman, in brief

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

Wellman is a city in Terry County, Texas, United States. The city was formed in 1918 as a shipping point on the Santa Fe Railroad and named after Augustus Ogden Wellman, who had been an assistant to the railroad's secretary and treasurer. Its population was 230 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1925. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 203 to 230 (+13%).

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

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On the map

Wellman on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

1969Wellman 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 Wellman.

People over time

Wellman, census by census

Between 203 and 239 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Questions about Wellman’s history

What year was Wellman founded?

The Wellman post office opened in 1925, 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 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.

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