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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community predates the establishment of Jim Wells County when
it was in what was then Nueces County (1888).
A post office was granted in 1890 and named Driscoll. The St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico railroad arrived in 1904. The postmaster of
“old” Driscoll, applied for a change of name so that Robert Driscoll
could have the new post office named after him.
Old Driscoll became Alfred, after the postmaster’s father. The Texas
and New Orleans Railroad arrived in 1907. The 1914 population of Alfred
was a mere 50 residents. It reached it’s zenith in 1927 when it was
estimated at 300.
Nothing happened for the next 40 years except a decline in population.
It hit 20 by the late 1960s and by 1990 it was 10 – the same figure
given for 2000. |
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