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History · Star Harbor

Star Harbor’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Star Harbor. 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

Star Harbor is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 482 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 444 to 482 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Star Harbor 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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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 Star Harbor is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Star Harbor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Faulk and Gauntt Building in Athens, 11.3 miles away.

Star Harbor and the nearest listed places

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Faulk and Gauntt BuildingBethel Baptist ChurchWesley Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal ChurchFirst Independent Baptist ChurchCorsicana Commercial Historic DistrictCorsicana Oil Field Discovery Well

Closest to Star Harbor

Faulk and Gauntt BuildingAthens · Building11.3miBethel Baptist ChurchPalestine · Building22.3miWesley Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal ChurchCorsicana · Building24.3miFirst Independent Baptist ChurchCorsicana · Building24.4miCorsicana Commercial Historic DistrictCorsicana · District24.8mi

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. Faulk and Gauntt Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Star Harbor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Star Harbor’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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📜 Caney City📜 Malakoff📜 Log Cabin📜 Trinidad
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