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RUTH, TEXAS
AKA Farmers Spring & Stovall Valley


Texas Ghost Town
Coryell County, North Central Texas

About 10 Miles SE of Gatesville the county seat
Near Henson Mountain
Site appropriated for the construction of Camp Hood in 1942
Population: 0

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History in a Pecan Shell

The community once had a church, school and cotton gin during its heyday. A post office was in operation from 1885 to 1905. The school merged with the one in Ewing in 1912 and the building of Camp (Now Fort) Hood gave a definitive year (1942) to the end of the town as it was known.



Ruth TX Coryell Co 1896 Postmark info
Ruth TX Coryell Co 1896 Postmark
Cover canceled with 1896 Ruth TX postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Coryell County TX 1907 Postal Map
Coryell County TX 1907 Postal Map showing Gatesville & Killeen
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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North Central Texas

Ruth, Texas Nearby Towns:
Gatesville the county seat
See Coryell County

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