On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Texas is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Texas’ overall grade.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Texas’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.0 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Texas’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
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1872–1898
Granite Heights
1889–1953
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Granite Heights
Gone or out of use
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Texas, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Texas yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
The Town of Texas is located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,611 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Granite Heights is located in the town.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,615 in 2010, 1,611 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Texas, 1859–1913
Passages that mention Texas, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author1859 · page 496Read the page →
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There has been a number of inquiries made of me, by Texas merchants, as to the time when the United States revenue lawB will be extended over Texas. I answered them all, that the United States Government could not extend its laws over Texas until the time fixed by the Convention, >s the people of Texas, if they adopt the Constitution, Schedule, Ac., will fix the time of the organization of the State Government as the time when Texas will cease to be a republic, and as long as she is a
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Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author1859 · page 219Read the page →
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Having, as you are aware, commenced early in the cause of Texas to advocate and aid her then uncertain prospects, the news communicated, although very uncertain as to its advantages generally to Texas, yet I could not but feel highly interested and gratified to know that silently but certainly her growth has been such, that Mexican pride has been so far humbled as to make concessions to Texas unasked, and particularly after the usual insulting and boasting manner which here-
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History of Marathon County, Wisconsin1913 · page 366Read the page →
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the town of Main. Rev. Gustav Magdsick was the first German Methodist Episcopal church pastor who resided here in the city of Wausau, having been sent here in the fall of 1881. Sen-ices were held regularly in the city of Wausau, town of Wausau, and town of Texas. The present church edifice was erected in 1900, Rev. H. F. Mueller being the pastor from 1897 to 1902. The present parsonage, a modern and commodious dwelling, was built in 1906, during the pastorate of Rev. A. M. Wieting. The present membership is one hundred and forty (counting individual members, not by families).
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Texas, 1872 to 1966
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Texas is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Texas?
21% of Texas’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1973.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
