Little Known Towns In Texas

[sinfan75]

Little towns that don't even have schools.like St.Paul,Oakland,Blunzer,Coffee City(in East Texas).What about in ya'lls neck of the woods.I bet if nothin else they a nice place you can sit and drink a cold brew and listen to good old country music.

[sinton66]

Edroy, Sandia, San Patricio, Papalote, Bayside. Couple from West Texas, No Trees and Silver.

[TarponFanInNorthTexas]

Here's a few from the Rio Grande Valley that I know.......Laguna Heights (I lived there), Laguna Vista (both are in P.I.I.S.D), Olmito, Rangerville, La Grulla, Santa Maria, Bayview, and I guess Lyford can count. hehe

[HSFOOTBALLROCKS]

Out west Girvin, Best, Stiles and Bakersfield.

[eye of the tiger]

Delta County has Klondike, Lake Creek, and Pecan Gap. Hunt County there is the ever loving Neylandville and Cash. Neylandville does have some redeeming qualities. They sell beer there.

[BellvilleDude]

i know of olmito and lyford

[TarponFanInNorthTexas]

Originally posted by BellvilleDude:
i know of olmito and lyford

Olmito isn't that well known.......and Lyford, I was just kidding about. They're a tiny ass town even though they're a 3A school.

[toby070]

Originally posted by sinton66:
Edroy, Sandia, San Patricio, Papalote, Bayside. Couple from West Texas, No Trees and Silver.

Notrees is the most appropriately named town ever!!!!! http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/smile.gif

West Texas is loaded with those little towns. Don't forget Dryden!

[footballgal]

Originally posted by toby070:
Notrees is the most appropriately named town ever!!!!! http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/smile.gif

West Texas is loaded with those little towns. Don't forget Dryden!

Another in West Texas is GRASSLAND, few miles out from Post, Tahoha O'Donnel and that area! I spent a summer there it was horrible- watched and counted the cars that would go by for fun! and let me tell you it was that much fun! LOL

[sinton66]

Toby, what's the tallest thing in No Trees?
The barbed wire fence posts, right? You have to dig a hole to find a windbreak. Aaaah yes! The Texas high plains, where men are men(and the sheep are nervous). http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[SintonFan]

Don't forget Pumpville. Another West Texas classic. Then there is Marathon. Out in the middle of nowhere.

[niceguy86]

My favorite small town in Moulton, is Moulton 1a anyone know?

[toby070]

Originally posted by sinton66:
Toby, what's the tallest thing in No Trees?
The barbed wire fence posts, right? You have to dig a hole to find a windbreak. Aaaah yes! The Texas high plains, where men are men(and the sheep are nervous). http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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I don't know....I've seen some pretty high dirt devils http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[sinfan75]

I forgot about Swinney Switch!They just enlarged their bar/dance hall!

[Matthew328]

Out in East Texas near Athens is Gun Barrel City...not that small..heck they have a Wal-Mart and a bunch of fast food chains...also near Hillsboro is a lil town called Carl's Corner..yes Carl's Corner...LOL I have heard of Telephone, Texas but I am not sure where exactly it is...

[sinton66]

Out by San Angelo is Tankersly, Arden(great deer hunting),Knickerbocker, Sherwood, Vancourt, and Veribest. Then my personal favorite between San Angelo and Ballinger, LOWAKE!!!!! GOOD steaks!!!!!!!!! And Telephone is East of Denison, and North of Bonham, right up at the Brand X states' border.

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[sinton66]

Opposite the theme here, you have Magnolia, a "little" town with a population of 1111, and brandishing a 5A school in the Cy-Fair football district with Tomball. Lots of folks living out in this forest!

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[Swarm 51]

Don't overlook Cut and Shoot, Tx. Is located on Hwy. 105 between Conroe and Cleveland. Think it is/was the home of some heavy weight boxer that didn't make it big in the ring.

[BellvilleDude]

dime box

[sinton66]

Swarm51, You beat me to that one! I was waiting for someone else to respond before my next list.
Besides Cut and Shoot, is Todd Mission (home of the Texas Renaissance Festival) Decker Prairie, Pinehurst, Dobbin, and Plantersville.

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[Jacket2000]

How 'bout Avalon, Ike, Trumbull, Gail, Voss, Telico, Alma, Crisp(birthplace of Ernest Tubb), and Bristol(hometown of J2K).
J2K

[sinton66]

Uh oh, I gotta admit ya got me on that one Jacket, I don't know where any of those are.
Earlier SintonFan was talking about Pumpville being in the middle of nowhere, and in the same area are Dryden, Terrell Station and Pandale. Believe it or not, I've worked on radios between Pandale and Langtry MANY times.

[Old Green]

Around the Cuero-Yoakum area you have Thomaston, Westhoff,Meyersville,Hocheim,Petersville,Nordheim, Garfeild,Concrete,Sweet Home, Hope, and Clinton (Mainly inhabited by ghost of the Taylor-Sutton Feud).

[Pudlugger]

Sierra Blanca

[Bull Butter]

Bentonville

[Jacket2000]

Originally posted by Pudlugger:
Sierra Blanca
That one I know of. Even saw the Vaqueros play once or twice.
J2K

[toby070]

I almost forgot about the wedding I went to in Wickett!!! (West Texas again http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/smile.gif )

Jacket, were the Vaqueros playing that neighboring big city rival Dell City??? I actually applied for a job there several years back!

[toby070]

Talking about all these small West Texas towns for some reason made me think of the team probably most devastated by realignment...Fort Hancock!!!! They dominated 6-man, won several consecutive state championships, and have disappeared since moving to 1A several years back.

[Jacket2000]

Originally posted by toby070:
I almost forgot about the wedding I went to in Wickett!!! (West Texas again http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/smile.gif )

Jacket, were the Vaqueros playing that neighboring big city rival Dell City??? I actually applied for a job there several years back!

No, they were playing Borden County. By the way, schools chose whether to play sixman or 11 man. They UIL puts them in 1A, and it's up to the school from there.
J2K

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by toby070:
wedding I went to in Wickett!!!
Try to say this three times really fast! http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/frown.gif

[toby070]

Originally posted by SintonFan:

Originally posted by toby070:
wedding I went to in Wickett!!!
Try to say this three times really fast! http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/frown.gif



Now that you seperated that out, it kinda has a musical quality to it...get mah geee-tar

[sinton66]

Toby, Another great six-man town that moved up years ago is Miles. They've never gotten very far in 11 man either. I was there when the move happened, the first year was BAD. Second year they hired a new coach, and they went 5-5. Third year they won district and lost in first round. Kids LOVED that coach. That summer he was killed in an auto accident, and they were devastated. Since then, they've never made it back to the top. They named the field for the coach, and as far as I know, it's still called "Krecje Field" after him. Gary was a good friend.

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[SintonFan]

Originally posted by toby070:
Now that you seperated that out, it kinda has a musical quality to it...get mah geee-tar

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[bearcat1]

Wink, Tx...home of a good friend of mine.
Spur, Tx...where dad was born and raised, and his dad was Supt. of Schools.
I have been to Marathon,TX-, A good friend of mine, Coach Pettit, (formerly of Lake Worth) was the AD/Hd Coach/Principal/Maintenance Man/Bus Driver out there until he resigned 2 years ago.
Fisk, TX (panhandle area). Pop. of about 40.
And finally, a few miles south of Aspermont (another town I frequented where a good friend lives) lies the town of BIG STINKING CREEK, TX. The creek is fed by Sulpher Springs and runs into Salt Fork of the Brazos. Not many folks live out there, and those who do are named Jethro.
bc
A couple of these have football so I guess I should not have included them...I didn't see that these were pigskin-free towns until after I posted. Sorry!
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[sinton66]

If you get out a Texas road map, imagine a triangle formed by drawing a line from Cuero to Beeville and then to Floresville. Inside that triangle are BUNCHES of 'em.

[Chris Hart]

How about Tow,Bluffton,Pontotoc,Round Mountain,Briggs,Lake Victor,Bertram and Kingsland.All within a Stephen McGee pass from Burnet.

[Specklebelly]

Just a few of the many around my area:
Cat Spring, Frelsberg, Mintz, Bernardo, New Ulm, Sheridan, Garwood, Nada, Speaks, Provident City, Matthews, Lissie, Sublime, Danevang, and the white trash, inbreeding capital of the world, Rock Island.

[Chris Hart]

I left out two because I avoid them like a plague,and Specklebelly, I will put'em up against your Rock Island anyday.They are Granite Shoals and Jonestown.On another note I also forgot Cottonwood and Horseshoe Bay.

[toby070]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bearcat1:
[B]Wink, Tx...home of a good friend of mine.

I have in-laws close to Wink, in Kermit (how they are big enough to be in 3A I have no clue), and have played golf a few times at the vaunted golf course in Wink (Winkler County Golf Course????).

[sinton66]

Here's some with interesting names, Bronco, Lollipop, Bald Prarie, Okra, Bee House, Quicksand, Black Jack, Bigfoot, Calf Creek, and Circle Back.
And Ladies and Gentlemen, the most famous one of all (thanks to Willie) LUCKENBACH!

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[Shotgun73]

How about Leesburg and Newsome? Ever been there?

[sinton66]

No, farthest NE I've been is Canton. Found Leesburg on my map, but no Newsome.

[Shotgun73]

Newsome is 6 miles from Leesburg on highway 11 going toward Winnsboro.

[BellvilleDude]

u cant get closer to home speckled belly i know all that cat spring, new ulm area and the down to the cities that make rice

[sinton66]

Shotgun73, I see a junction between there, but my map doesn't show Newsome. Also didn't have BC's Big Stinking Creek on it either. So much for Rand Mcnally, I want my $3.95 back.

[Shotgun73]

Sinton66,
You can use me for a witness to get your money back. I know that it is there. I grew up very close to there.

[sinton66]

Here's one down by Freer with a funny name, Seven Sisters. Bet there's a story behind that one. Shotgun 73, wish I could remember where I bought it.
Vet93, I've only found ONE that compares after leaving Lowake. If ever on the east end here, NW of Brenham on Hwy 36 is Somerville. Place is called "The Country Inn". VERY good and VERY large.

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[BellvilleDude]

Those are some nice steaks there, I been to the # 2 in brenham, gay hill small town going toward somerville on 36

[sinton66]

#2 in Brenham?

[BellvilleDude]

there is a restraunt name country inn 2 in brenham

[sinfan75]

66,Seven Sisters is a dead town.All that remains are the signs on an old fence of all the oil,drilling and service companies that have been through and stopped back in boom days.In them days you could see drillin rigs as far as your eyes would let ya!

[sinton66]

(to Bellville Dude)Oh, ok, don't think they are affiliated. One in Somerville is owned by a relative of a friend of mine, and I think it's the only one he has.
Just SW of Somerville is another little town, Deanville.(Back on topic)

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[sinton66]

Thanks 75, been YEARS since I've been over that way. Just always wondered where the name came from.


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[sinfan75]

Yeah went through there a few weeks back.I was gonna stop and get me a coke and it was all shut down.

[sinton66]

That stretch of 624 after Annarose always reminded me of the old Red Skelton routine about "driving miles and miles through Texas and seeing NOTHING but miles and miles". http://bbs.3adownlow.com/ubb/smile.gif
BTW, did you check out the "'mo words" thread?

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[sinfan75]

Yeah that was some good stuff.LOL

[slpybear the bullfan]

Well, here are my entries for some small towns...

First, the smallest football playing town I ever saw a game at... Perrin; located on highway 281 south of Jacksboro.

Also in that area are Wizard Wells and Joplin. Anyone ever visited any of these metroplexes?

Enjoyed the thread,

Slpybear
Bulls #70, '89