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Blue Gap
was near the Coleman county line twenty-five miles northeast of Ballinger
in extreme northeastern Runnels County. A log post office, established there in
February 1878 with James K. Paulk as postmaster, was the first in the county;
it was, in fact, founded before the county was organized in 1880. The townsite
was named for a pass through nearby Table Mountain. For a brief period Blue Gap
was a stop on the Round Rock-Buffalo Gap stage line. The community was short-lived,
however, and its post office was discontinued in March 1881. The old post office
building was restored in the 1960s, and a Texas Historical Commission marker was
dedicated at the site in 1966.
From "Eighteen
Ghost Towns of Runnels County" by Alton O'Neil Jr. |
1882
Map shows Blue Gap in Coleman
County
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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