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History · Doffing

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

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Doffing is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Doffing had a population of 5,618. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,091 to 5,618 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 2000.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Doffing 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 Doffing’s history is told.

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Lloyd BentsenLloyd BentsenMission · 6 miChristian ChávezChristian ChávezMcAllen · 9 miEMElizabeth MoonMcAllen · 9 miRCRaúl CastilloMcAllen · 9 miTito SantanaTito SantanaMission · 6 miMike HeathMike HeathMcAllen · 9 mi
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Doffing, 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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Doffing is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Doffing has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Shary Heights in Mission, 5.4 miles away.

Doffing and the nearest listed places

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Shary HeightsMission Citrus Growers Union Packing ShedOblate Park Historic districtMission Canal Company Second Lift PumphouseBorder TheaterJohn Shary Building

Closest to Doffing

Shary HeightsMission · District5.4miMission Citrus Growers Union Packing ShedMission · Building5.5miOblate Park Historic districtMission · District5.6miMission Canal Company Second Lift PumphouseMission · Building5.7miBorder TheaterMission · Built 19425.7mi

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. Shary Heights’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Doffing?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Doffing’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.

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