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History · Mount Calm

Mount Calm’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mount Calm. 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

Mount Calm is a city in Hill County, Texas, United States. Its population was 282 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 320 to 282 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Calm 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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Mount Calm, 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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Today2 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mount Calm is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Calm has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Coleman-Cole House in Malone, 12.7 miles away.

Mount Calm and the nearest listed places

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Coleman-Cole HouseHouse at 1301 East MarvinHouse at 816 West WaterW. B. Forrest HouseD. D. Eastham HouseG. H. Alderman House

Closest to Mount Calm

Coleman-Cole HouseMalone · Built 190412.7miHouse at 1301 East MarvinMalone · Building12.8miHouse at 816 West WaterMalone · Building12.8miW. B. Forrest HouseMalone · Building12.8miD. D. Eastham HouseMalone · Building13mi

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. Coleman-Cole House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Calm?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Calm’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
📜 Penelope📜 Hubbard📜 Leroy📜 Malone

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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