Santa Cruz “Last Day” [Cover]
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Santa Cruz “Last Day” [Cover]Description
A “Last Day” cover postmarked on November 30, 1938, on the final day of business of the Santa Cruz Post Office. Signed by the postmaster.Context
In 1906 a post office was established with Crescencio Leal as postmaster, and that year nineteen pupils attended the Santa Cruz school. Santa Cruz had a general store in 1914, and by the mid-1930s it consisted of three businesses and an estimated population of 100. In 1947 the town had one business. During the late 1960s the Santa Cruz school was consolidated into the Premont Independent School District. At that time the town consisted of scattered dwellings and two cemeteries. By 1990 the Santa Cruz and Gonzales cemeteries were all that remained of the community. Rios is a ranching community on Agua Poquita Creek and Farm Road 1329 thirteen miles southeast of Benavides in southeastern Duval County. The town was founded sometime before 1938; that year a post office was established with Felipe V. Rios as postmaster. The town is said to have been named for Cayetano Rios, who patented land in the area in 1896. During the early 1940s the community had a population of seventy-five and four businesses; it was called La Garcia on a 1948 map of the area.Category
Discontinued Post Offices (DPOs)
Urbanization, TSHA Categories