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Old
Downtown Refugio
TE photo, 2000 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Refugio nearly disappeared twice. The "Battle of Refugio" took place in 1836 and
nearly everyone abandoned the town. They finally got a post office in 1847. Later
during the Civil War, the town was once again all but abandoned.
In
1999, a widening of Highway 77 revealed graves just a few hundred feet from the
site of the historic marker, exactly in front of the doors of the church.
The St. Louis, Brownsville and and Mexico Railroad came to Refugio County
in 1902 and the town paid $30,000 to insure that they weren't bypassed. The tracks
and a depot were finished by 1905.
The mid 20s saw 933 people in Refugio
and by 1930 there were just over 2,000. A small oil boom in 28 helped bring people
into Refugio and some of them stayed.
The population has been declining
from the 5,000 high point it enjoyed in the mid-1960s. The 2000 Census showed
2,941 people called Refugio home.
Refugio
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| | The
Urrea Oak
(Texas Historic Tree)
In March of 1836 the forces of General Urrea made camp
under these oaks... more |
Another
view of the Catholic Church
TE photo, 2000
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Churches |
| A
former bank building in Refugio
TE photo, 2000
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Banks |
Refugio
County Tourist Information Refugio
Community Development - (361) 526-5337
107 Roca Refugio, Texas 78377
http://www.refugiocountytx.com/
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