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History
in a Pecan Shell
Local landowner W. R. King had a son named Creston and it was Creston King who
became the namesake of this community on the Texas and Mexican Railroad in 1902.
A post office opened in 1913 and the following year a cotton gin was opened.
Although it was situated along the railroad, the population of the community never
exceeded 25 persons. The post office closed in 1944 and the town's school merged
with the Realitos ISD in the early 1950s.
The community was described
as "consisting of a few scattered dwellings" by the 1970s and it has stoped appearing
on maps. |
| 1920s
Duval County map showing Crestonio NE of Hebbronville
near Duval/Jim Hogg County line. Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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