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History in a Pecan
Shell
Snook evolved from a smaller Czech community named Sebesta just
SW of present-day Snook. When Sebesta needed a post office in the 1890s, John
Snook, the postmaster in Caldwell organized the relocation of a small post office
at Dabney Hill to be moved between the two communities. For his efforts the new
post office was named after him. Residents from Sebesta relocated to the Snook
post office and it slowly outgrew both former communities.
In 1914 the
population of Snook was around 80 people served by two stores and a few basic
businesses. A school named Moravia was built that year. During the 1920s, artesian
wells furnished Snooks water and several nearby schools merged with the Snook
school in the 1930s. The town’s proximity to Bryan
- College Station benefited
the community after WWII
and by 1950 the population reached 140. By 1970 it was up to 384, 488 for 1990
and reaching new heights for 2000 (568). | |
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