Inspired by the Nixon thread, what's the smallest, most Podunk Texas town you've spent time in, not just passed through, that you think nobody else has experience with.

For me, it's Charco, Tx. Family has a ranch there, so I used to hunt and shoot and fish there a lot. When I was young, my cousins told me they had an itinerant priest who would do a bilingual Mass there in under 30 minutes, from start to finish. Sermon and everything. I couldn't believe it, but they were right. You could deer hunt at dawn, check off Mass, maybe go into Kenedy for lunch, be back in time to throw out some corn and hunt until dusk.

Anyone else been there?
What's your Podunk, Tx story?

Our cattle farm is just SE of Rosebud/E of Burlington. Love that area

McMahan, TX (where family is from)

Are we talking actual town with a post office or are we talking "community", like Wellborn. Or Longpond, near Angleton?

It makes a difference in how I answer.

Wallis or McQueeney.

Grew up in Acton, TX although that area is now named DeCordova.

Town so small it had a town triangle, not town square. In the triangle sat an Exxon named "The Dam" Bait and Grocery.

Smallest state park in TX is the Elizabeth Crockett grave site in the Acton Cemetery.

TXAG 05 said:

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Wallis or McQueeney.

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Spend most 4th of July's on Lake McQeeney! hopefully it'll be a lake again soon according to the latest updates on the dam work

Beer Baron said:

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My mom ran over a bunch of chickens in the road at Patricia, Texas in her 90's Astro van while the 10 kids inside screamed. So many feathers.

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Similar reaction?

Smallest communities I've been through are Jo Jan Van, Divide, Stiles, Delhi and Biry.

Smallest with a post office would probably be Divide.

He Who Shall Be Unnamed said:

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Inspired by the Nixon thread, what's the smallest, most Podunk Texas town you've spent time in, not just passed through, that you think nobody else has experience with.

For me, it's Charco, Tx. Family has a ranch there, so I used to hunt and shoot and fish there a lot. When I was young, my cousins told me they had an itinerant priest who would do a bilingual Mass there in under 30 minutes, from start to finish. Sermon and everything. I couldn't believe it, but they were right. You could deer hunt at dawn, check off Mass, maybe go into Kenedy for lunch, be back in time to throw out some corn and hunt until dusk.

Anyone else been there?
What's your Podunk, Tx story?

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My grandfather lived in Charco for a few years when he was a small child.

Had to be early to mid 1930's.

Round Top. They have an incredible conservatory there called Festival Hill. I took my wife there when we were dating.

Carlton.

In the early 80's into the 90's, they had a gas station, post office, art gallery, grocery store, and a couple of churches.

The gas station fell down at some point. The art gallery is no longer there. I think the grocery store and post office are still there but I haven't visited in many years.

Pantera said:

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TXAG 05 said:

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Wallis or McQueeney.

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Spend most 4th of July's on Lake McQeeney! hopefully it'll be a lake again soon according to the latest updates on the dam work

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Supposed to be soon, it will be nice to not have a beach in front of our house anymore.

Olden, Desdemona, Lingleville.

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most Podunk Texas town you've spent time in, not just passed through, that you think nobody else has experience with.

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Does changing a flat tire count as spending time in?

Oatmeal Texas.

Point Blank Texas (nothing to do there, except stop for gas and get a Subway.

But it has one of the original 1936 Historical Markers; Home site of George Thomas Wood (born 1795), Colonel in Mexican war, Republic of Texas Senator and Governor of Texas 1847-1849.


Site of the Home of George Thomas Wood

Electra, TX

Rocksprings, TX - back in the '90s before all the hunting bros moved in.

LOL - I've spent time - actual time in most of these locations mentioned.

Two not mentioned so far:
Veribest - close to San Angelo - responsible for an ag chem location there.

San Isidro - between McCook (another hole in the wall) and Rio Grande City. Hunted around there quite a bit.

And for S and Gs - drank a few beers in Valentine.

Looking at a map, there are probably only 6-10 counties in Texas I have not been to. Loving, Winkler and Ward in West Texas. Sabine, Shelby, Panola and Harrison in East Texas. Maybe 1 or 2 more in East texas.

Oh, and been to a couple of dances in Quihi - between Castroville and Hondo.

Depends on what "spent time" means. And we'll assume you mean an official municipality.

Lived in? Teague, population 3384.

Visited? Mustang, population officially zero. No one can be less than that.

My grandmother had a fish camp at Town Bluff. I miss that place. Nothing but trees and peace and quiet.

Red Rock. Hour or so east of Austin. Dad had a ranch just east of there. General store across the street from the post office...and that's about all there is.

wangus12 said:

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Our cattle farm is just SE of Rosebud/E of Burlington. Love that area

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Cyclone!

Claude up in the panhandle when I had a honey with lots of money.

Hilltop icehouse in point Blank as one of the best bar scenes and cheeseburger baskets

Paducah

Dad grew up there and as a kid we would visit my grandmother there. It's been dying a slow, painful death for 40+ years.

I used to live in Waring.

I spent a summer in college surveying the San Jacinto River in Onalaska.

I spent a few months clearing a log jam on the Guadalupe and San Antonio rivers in Tivoli.

My grandparents used to have a ranch in Hobson.

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East Bernard.

The town is a bit of a dump, but Vincek's smokehouse has great daily lunch specials and their meat counter has some lovely selections. The stuffed pork chop is great on the grill.

Praseks isn't too far away in El Campo, but Vinceks is less crowded and easier on the wallet.

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used to go there for Easter every year for 10+ years. Extreme Makeover also built a house out there mid 2000s.

Tokio, just west of West