Macune “Last Day” [Cover]
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Macune “Last Day” [Cover]Description
A “Last Day” cover postmarked on July 15, 1937, on the final day of business of the Macune Post Office. Hand painted by Texas cachet maker Gladys Adler.Context
Macune is at the intersection of State Highway 147 and Farm Road 705, nine miles south of San Augustine in central San Augustine County. It was granted a post office in 1888 and may have derived its name from Charles W. Macune, president of the Farmers' Alliance at that time. In 1890 Macune had a population of seventy-five, a Farmers' Alliance general store, one other general store, a hotel, and a Methodist church. The town had a population of fifty in 1925, and its post office closed sometime in the 1930s. In 1940 Macune comprised three businesses, a cemetery, and a number of scattered dwellings. By 1960 its population had climbed to 167, though it declined to 100 by the 1970s. In the 1980s Macune had a number of dwellings, a cemetery, and a business, and its population was still estimated at 100 in 2000.Category
Texas Folk Art: One-Hundred Fifty Years of the Southwestern Tradition, Discontinued Post Offices (DPOs)
Urbanization, TSHA Categories