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ARGO, TEXAS

Titus County, East Texas
Farm Road 1001
8 miles NE of Mount Pleasant
Population: 26 (1990)

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Historic postal route map circa 1906
A portion of the Titus County Map showing Argo

Courtesy Texas General Land Office

History in a Pecan Shell

The post office at Argo was established at Argo in James Rountree's store in 1885 (it remained open until 1907). The town had been settled only a few years before. By 1890 the town was a well established agricultural trading center. The naming of the town is something of a mystery.

Although the population dropped to only sixty-five Argoans by 1896, it increased to 131 by 19900 only to drop again. By the mid 1950s, the population dropped to only 30 and for the 1990 census it was only 26.

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