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RUGBY,
TEXAS Red River
County, East Texas
US Highway -271 at the intersection of FM-440
21 Miles SE of Paris
3
Miles SE of Deport
About 12 Miles S of Detroit
3 Miles NW of Bogata
About
11 Miles N of Hagansport
Population: Estimated at 24 from the late 1960s through the 2000 Census
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History in a Pecan Shell
Settled prior to the Civil War, Rugby has no explanation for its sporting
name. Growth was too small to measure at first, but by the time of the 1870 census
the town had a store and a single cotton gin. The first church wasn’t built until
the early 1890s and the community had no post office until 1900 (it closed seven
years later, reopened in 1914 and closed for good in 1929).
At its peak,
Rugby had three gins, a doctor and two stores, but the population never reached
100. The figure of 75 was used from the mid-1920s through the late 1960s when
it fell to an estimated 24. |
Entering Rugbny City Limits
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, September 2010 |
1907
Red River County Postal Map showing Rugby
(Below "R" in "RED
RIVER" near Lamar County line)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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