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PATILLO,
TEXASErath County,
North Central Texas
FM 2803 and FM 3208
Just off US 281
Population
: 10
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The
Patillo Store
Photo by John Troesser, February 2004 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Established about 1890, Henry Ator and G. A. Hunt established the
first businesses. Hunt became the town’s first postmaster. The population
was a respectable 68 in 1900, but by 1910 it had declined to only
33. In 1940 Patilo had 54 people with a school and two businesses.
Today Patillo consists of the picturesque store above, a church, a
volunteer fire department substation and an open-air meeting hall.
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The Patillo Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, July 2005 |
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The Patillo community tabernacle
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, July 2005 |
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