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POTH, TEXAS
Wilson County,
South
Texas
Highway 181, FM 427 and FM 541
7 miles SE of Floresville
7 miles NW of Falls City
20 miles NW of Kenedy
Population: 1,850 (2000)
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Hermann
Son's Hall as church
TE photo, February 2006 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Established as Marcelina in 1886 as a switch
on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad. It took a few years
for businesses to get going, but in 1900 the first store opened and
the following year a cotton gin was built by A.H. Poth. The name was
then charged to Poth and a depot was built in 1906.
By 1914 the population was 250 and the town had most essential businesses
including a lumberyard and furniture store. By 1920 it had increased
to 300 residents. After WWII
the population had doubled to 600 and by the mid-1960s it had reached
1,119.
Although businesses have declined from 35 in 1965 to 13 in 1990, the
population has continued to increase - a rarity for small
town Texas. |
Poth
Depot
TE photo, February 2006 |
Painting
of the former Poth Depot by Jacinto
Guevara 2007
Copyright Jacinto Guevara |
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