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History on a Pinhead:
Founded in the early 1870s, the town acquired a post office in 1882. John A. McGirk,
the town's namesake also served as the first postmaster. A steam-operated cotton
gin on the Lampasas River remained in place for many years. The post office closed
its doors by 1920 and the school was gone by the mid-1930s. The town still had
a population of 25 in 1945 but post war oportunities drew off that meager number
and the town became a ghost.
Directions to McGirk:
"There
is little information on this old town. The only thing left of it is an old cemetery
and a school foundation off in the brush, that you wouldn't even notice if you
didn't not know it is there. This town was located on 1047 right on the Lampasas
river between FM 2005 and Star
at the far end of Hamilton county. From what I have gathered there once was a
gas station and a whole community there. Now it is just a few farms and that old
cemetery on the far corner of J. H. Joiner's (my grandfather) ranch." - Cody
Morris, February 25, 2007 | |
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