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Pidcoke Cemetery
Photos courtesy Richard Miller, October 2007 |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The name is from the Revered Richard Pidcocke family, English immigrants
who arrived in the 1850s to form a colony.
Pidcocke sons Hartley and Reginald, bought land in 1857 and began
the Pidcock Ranch. A post office was granted under that name in
1875.
The post office changed its name in 1882 to Pidcoe, and in 1883
to Pidcoke. The first school and church were built on land donated
by W. H. Belcher.
In 1884 Pidcoke had a population of 150, the school, three churches,
two gristmills, and two cotton gins.
In 1914 it had a population of sixty-five, and it peaked in 1940
with a population of 200.
The construction
of Fort Hood in 1942 caused many far-reaching changes. The post
office closed in 1944 and the last store closed in 1983.
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The
Methodist Church in Pidcoke, Texas
Photos courtesy Richard Miller, October 2007 |
Pidcoke Baptist
Church
Photos courtesy Richard Miller, October 2007 |
FM
116: In The Shadow of Fort Hood by Clay Coppedge
PIDCOKE - Driving north from Copperas Cove to Gatesville on FM 116
you're never far from Fort Hood. ... Copperas Cove is ringed by five
hills, a pattern drivers will see repeated on the way to Gatesville.
A few miles out of town you come to FM 580, and if you just feel like
it you can detour to the town of Topsey... If, instead of heading
to Topsey you get on 116 you will drive up on a green, bowl-shaped
valley cut by scenic creeks. Nestled between the hills and creeks
is the community of Pidcoke... more |
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