Maverick, Texas, Runnels County ghost town. (original) (raw)

The old schoolhouse at Maverick.
A cornerstone says 1925.
Photo courtesy Stephen Taylor, December 2004

History in a Pecan Shell

The town was named for Samuel Augustus Maverick, local landowner and famous Texan. A post office was granted in 1883 but moved a mile east of the original site a year later.

In 1889 the community got its first school. Maverick reached its zenith with three churches, two gas stations, a barber, and three stores.

No statistics are available through the Great Depression, but in 1940 the town had a population of 69. Forty years later there were only 31 people left and that figure is still in use.

A more recent view of the schoolhouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2006

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