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Community of Concho

  Texas Historical Markers
Paint Rock vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 32' 23.27672000004", -99° 48' 30.58959999996"
 
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    As settlers came to the area in the late 1800's, a small farming community developed here along the Concho River. In 1905 a post office opened in the home of W. D. Cape. In 1906 J. W. Barr (d. 1964) opened a general store at this site. As the business center for the surrounding rural area, the settlement was also the site of a school, two churches, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, and a cemetery. Although the population had declined by the 1940's and the post office was closed in 1954, the site of the pioneer community serves as a reminder of the area's early settlers. (1983)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Community of Concho Historical Marker Location Map, Texas