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BLANCONIA,
TEXAS Bee County,
South Texas
Highway 202
22 Miles SE of Beeville
Population:
30 (2000) |
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History in a Pecan
Shell Originally
part of the shared Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, Blanconia dates from 1834.
After the Texas Revolution it was in Refugio County – becoming part of Bee County
in 1857.
Once named Kymo, the name changed when a post office was
applied for in 1888. Blanconia comes from local Blanco Creek. The post office
closed in the 1930s.
The town’s most famous/infamous character was the
colorful and mysterious Sally
Scull.
Residents were scarce and although the community had a school
in 1905, there were only a dozen pupils. The population high-water mark was reached
in 1914 when Blanconia had 200 residents. The Great Depression hit the area hard
and the population was estimated at a mere 25 people through the 1930s. By the
late 1960s it was down to only 15 but has since doubled to the present (2000)
30.
A Visit
to BlanconiaPhotographer's
Note:
Located on
FM2441 near the intersection on Hwy 202 and in the far eastern part of Bee County
near the Goliad & Refugio County lines. Located about 20 miles south of Goliad,
about 9 miles NW of Refugio,
19 miles east of Beeville, and just
down the road from the community of Sarco. - Will
Beauchamp, October, 2008 |
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