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ROCKSPRINGS,
TEXAS
The wool and mohair
center of Texas
Edwards County Seat, Texas Hill Country
Hwy 55 and US 377
41 miles SW of Junction
77 miles NE of Del
Rio
69 miles N of Uvalde
100 miles NW of San
Antonio
Population:
1,285 (2000) 1,339 (1990)
Rock
Springs Area Hotels - Book Here & Save
Junction
Hotels
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The old jail
in Rocksprings
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The county is named after early colonist Hayden Edwards of Nacogdoches.The
city is named after the Springs. After the courthouse burned, the
spelling of the town changed from Rock Springs to Rocksprings.
1881 was the year the site was selected, the year they got a post
office and the year they were made county seat. The population was
250 in 1892 and the town had everything they needed. By 1914 the population
had doubled.
Edwards
County Courthouses - next page
The tidy courthouse and jail sit on the square and speak
of a small population. The courthouse was damaged by a tornado in
1927 that killed nearly 70 people. Both the Courthouse and
The Rocksprings Hotel served as shelters.
Rocksprings underwent a flurry of activity in the year 2000 with buildings
on the square remodeled, freshly painted or under construction.
Wool
and Mohair
Rocksprings is also a big center for wool and mohair which is attested
to by the name of the weekly newspaper: The Rocksprings Record
and Texas Mohair Weekly.
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Rocksprings Nearby Destinations
Devil's
Sinkhole State Natural Area
The Devil's Sinkhole Society - 101 N. Sweeten St. (830) 683-2287
PO Box 97 Rocksprings TX 78880
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/sinkhole/
58 miles S
to Brackettville
on FM 674
69 miles S
to Uvalde on Hwy 55
US Hwy 377,
41 miles NE to Junction,
or
77 miles SW
to Del Rio
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