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Tom Green County, Texas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
70historic places
—earliest paper
1874formed
120,003pop. 2020
10cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 70 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near San Angelo.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Tom Green titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

68 of 70 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

70 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Angelo Heights Historic DistrictSan AngeloDistrict1988
Aztec Cleaners and Laundry BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Beck, Frederick, FarmSan AngeloBuilding1988
Blakeney, J. B., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Broome, C. A., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Brown, R. Wilbur, HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Building at 113-119 East ConchoSan AngeloBuilding1990
Clayton HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Collyns HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Develin HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Eckert HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Emmanuel Episcopal ChurchSan AngeloBuilding1988
First Presbyterian ChurchSan AngeloBuilding1988
Fisher, O. C., Federal BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Fort Concho Historic District NHLSan AngeloDistrict1966
Freeze BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1997
Greater St. Paul AME ChurchSan AngeloBuilding1988
Hagelstein Commercial BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Hall, R. A., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Harris Drug StoreSan AngeloBuilding2001
Henderson, S. L., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Hilton HotelSan AngeloBuilding1984
Holcomb-Blanton Print ShopSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 1017 South DavidSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 123 AllenSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 1325 South DavidSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 140 AllenSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 1621 North ChadbourneSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 221 North MagdalenSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 405 PreusserSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 419 West Avenue CSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 421 West TwohigSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 427 West TwohigSan AngeloBuilding1990
House at 521 West Highland BoulevardSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 715 AustinSan AngeloBuilding1988
House at 731 PreusserSan AngeloBuilding1988
Household Furniture Co.San AngeloBuilding1988
Iglesia Santa MariaSan AngeloBuilding1988
Lone Wolf Crossing BridgeSan AngeloStructure1988
Mason-Hughes HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Masonic Lodge 570San AngeloBuilding1988
McClelland, J. T. and Minnie, HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Monogram SquareSan AngeloBuilding1988
Montgomery Ward BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Municipal Swimming PoolSan AngeloBuilding1988
Murrah HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Oakes Hotel BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Princess Ice Cream Co.San AngeloBuilding1988
Rackley, J. J., BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1983
Roosevelt HotelSan AngeloBuilding2018
San Angelo City HallSan AngeloBuilding1988
San Angelo National Bank BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1982
San Angelo National Bank, Johnson and Taylor, and Schwartz and Raas BuildingsSan AngeloBuilding1978
San Angelo Telephone Company BuildingSan AngeloBuilding1988
Santa Fe Passenger DepotSan AngeloBuilding1989
Santa Fe Railway Freight DepotSan AngeloBuilding1989
Schneemann, William, HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Shepperson HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Texas Highway Department Building, Warehouse and Motor Vehicle DivisionSan AngeloBuilding1988
Tom Green County CourthouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Tom Green County JailSan AngeloBuilding1976
Twin Mountain Fence CompanySan AngeloBuilding2023
Walsh, C. C., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1990
Wardlaw, Dr. Herbert A., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
West Texas Utilities OfficeSan AngeloBuilding1988
Westbrook, John C., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Willeke, John and Anton, HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Willeke, John, Jr., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Willeke, John, Sr., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988
Woodward, Dr. M. M., HouseSan AngeloBuilding1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Tom Green was formed in 1874 (1874-03-13) from Bexar Land District.

TOM GREEN created from Bexar Land District.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Tom Green County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

120k62k3,615188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,6156,80415,21039,30258,92964,63084,784104,010120,003

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

10 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed
NameLatLon
Belvedere Memorial Cemetery31.44794-100.48371
Calvary Cemetery31.44238-100.45398
DeLong Cemetery31.23267-100.48982
Delta Memorial Cemetery31.44738-100.48732
Fairmount Cemetery31.44072-100.45009
Grape Creek Cemetery31.60571-100.56399
Harriet Cemetery31.57377-100.2937
Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens31.40877-100.39481
Midway Cemetery31.44016-100.62677
Mullins Cemetery31.51988-100.22009

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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