Frosa “Last Day” [Postal Card]
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Frosa “Last Day” [Postal Card]Description
A “Last Day” postal card card postmarked on October 15, 1938, on the final day of business of the Frosa Post Office. Signed by the postmaster (on the back).Context
In 1896 Frosa had a school with one teacher and thirty-six White pupils and another with one teacher and twenty-seven Black pupils. That year the population was 200, and Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches had been formed. After 1900 the community declined further, partly because no good roads went there. From 1925 to 1944 Frosa reported a population of fifty; five businesses were reported in 1931. Two chapels and eleven buildings were reported in 1960. The Baptist church disbanded in 1963 and turned its building over to the local Black congregation. Frosa had joined the Groesbeck Independent School District by 1965, and in 1966 only twenty residents and no businesses remained. State highway maps of 1986 showed a church at the townsite; those of 1990 indicated only an abandoned building.Category
Discontinued Post Offices (DPOs)
Urbanization, TSHA Categories