Details for Drasco Community

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5399001285

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Marker Number 1285
Atlas Number 5399001285
Marker Title Drasco Community
Index Entry Drasco Community
Address FM 2405 & 2595 intersection
City Drasco
County Runnels
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 406711
UTM Northing 3549322
Subject Codes ghost towns
Marker Year 1968
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Intersection of FM 2405 and FM 2595, in Drasco
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Originally called County Line. Named changed when general store owner R. O. Kerr applied for a post office and was granted one under name Drasco on Dec. 16, 1904. (Post office site is across street, south.) Kerr was postmaster until 1909. First school house was built in 1902 on land donated by Tom Puckett. School consolidated with Winters schools in 1947. During Drasco's thriving years, there were 2 stores, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, a 5-room school building and 2 churches -- Baptist church is still active. Population never exceeded 30.

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