The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusByers is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 454 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 496 to 454 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Byers 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 Byers’s history is told.
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Byers, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Byers is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Byers has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River in Byers, 7.2 miles away.
Byers and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.