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EL TORO, TEXAS

Jackson County, Texas Gulf Coast

U.S. Highway 59 and FM 234
4 Miles W of Edna the county seat
21 Miles E of Victoria

Population: Unknown

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El Toro TX depot in 1927
El Toro Depot in 1927
"A photo of my Dad (Howard A. Hamman, age 6 or 7) at the El Toro Depot with his brother Curtis Hamman." - Janet Hamman Hunt, Daughter of Howard and Jean Hamman
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History in a Pecan Shell

Established in the final months of the 19th Century, not a lot of history was produced here. Always short on people due to its proximity to Edna, El Toro is remembered by this postal cover from the John Germann Collection.

The community still had four businesses as late as 1948 but being surrounded by large land holdings, smaller plots were unavailable for families. El Toro peaked many years ago and is now designated a "dispersed community."

Jackson County El Toro TX Postmark info
Jackson County El Toro TX Postmark
Postcard cancelled with 1900 Eltoro postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection
Jackson County Texas 1920sMap
Jackson County 1920s Map showing El Toro
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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