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History · Aspermont

Aspermont’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Aspermont. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1889established
0old images & papers
6recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Aspermont is a town in and the county seat of Stonewall County, Texas, United States. Its population was 789 at the 2020 census.

Aspermont was established in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 919 to 789 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aspermont yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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John Ray GodfreyJohn Ray GodfreySportsPete HartPete HartSportsJoe W. RigbyJoe W. RigbyMilitaryNBNoah S. BrannenWriting & Arts
By decade

Aspermont, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 photos
Aspermont South of CourthouseCommonsAspermont South of Courthouse2012Stonewall County, TX, Courthouse IMG 6233CommonsStonewall County, TX, Courthouse IMG 62332010First Baptist Church, Aspermont, TX IMG 6232CommonsFirst Baptist Church, Aspermont, TX IMG 62322010Downtown Aspermont, TX IMG 6237CommonsDowntown Aspermont, TX IMG 62372010Stonewall county courthouseCommonsStonewall county courthouse2009Aspermont 01CommonsAspermont 012009
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Aspermont is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Aspermont has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway in Rule, 19.4 miles away.

Aspermont and the nearest listed places

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Plano Station, Texas Electric RailwayFirst National Bank Building

Closest to Aspermont

Plano Station, Texas Electric RailwayRule · Building19.4miFirst National Bank BuildingJayton · Built 191221.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Aspermont?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Aspermont’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hamlin📜 Rule📜 Jayton📜 Rotan

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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