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MILLSAP,
TEXAS
Parker County,
North Central Texas
FM 113
15 Miles W of Weatherford
Population: 353(2000) 485 (1990)
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Benjamin M.
Porter Cabin, First Millsap U.S. Post Office, 1877
Photo courtesy Lance Carthen |
History in
a Pecan Shell
It was originally a relay station on the stagecoach route that ran
from Weatherford
to Palo
Pinto. A Millsap post office opened in 1877. In 1880 the tracks
of the Texas and Pacific Railway reached the area, and three small
communities moved to take advantage of the railroad: Mineral City,
Peck City, and the Millsap relay station. By the 1890s Millsap was
serving area farmers as a retail and shipping point; within a decade
the town had a bank, more than a dozen other businesses, three churches,
a ten-grade educational institution called Millsap College, and a
weekly newspaper, the Millsap News.
The community population increased from an estimated 100 in 1890 to
800 in 1920. Between 1940 and 1970, however, it declined, reaching
a low of 261 by 1968. It has since increased to it's current 353 after
a brief surge to 485 in 1990. |
Fuller Millsap
Cabin, 1852, the first building in Millsap
Photo courtesy Lance Carthen |
The sign
identifying the historic log cabins in Millsap
Photo courtesy Lance Carthen |
An old well
Photo courtesy Lance Carthen |
Photographer's
Note:
Recently I decided to photograph the small town of Millsap TX. A town
not yet on your site. Millsap is a very small town consisting of a
few buildings and a convenient store. A very old post office has been
preserved in Millsap, it's the large log cabin with a black fence
in the middle of it. Enclosed also is a photo of one of the first
houses established in Millsap, a small log cabin. There is also a
big red barn on the side of the road as soon as you get into Millsap
which I thought was interesting... There was also a new post office
but didn't really look worth sending, just a modern post office...
Thanks in advance - Lance Carthen, February 09, 2007 |
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