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SEGOVIA, TEXAS
Kimble County,
Texas Hill Country
On I-10
11 miles SE of Junction
Population:
25 (estimate)
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The
old Post Office in Segovia
Photo courtesy Erik Whetstone, August 2005 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Segovia,
was named after the city in Spain and began life in the early 1860s.
The settlement was granted a post office in 1900 and the population
has remained small throughout Segovia's history. There were only 10
people living there in the mid 1920s but as highways improved, the
area started receiving more tourists and soon 25 people lived there
catering to visiting campers and adventurers. With the arrival of
the Great Depression the population went right back to ten. It increased
to 20 after WWII, swelled to 63 in the mid-1960s, reached over 60
in 1966 and topped out at 101 from 1974 through the mid 1980s. The
estimate in the early 90s was a mere 25. |
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