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CONTENT,
TEXASTexas
Ghost Town
Runnels County, Panhandle / West Texas
Near Ranch Road 382
14
miles NE of WintersArea
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Content,
near Ranch Road 382 fourteen miles northeast of Winters in northeastern Runnels
County, was founded by storekeeper Daniel W. Hale in 1881 and named by him "for
the contentment of this valley." Hale became the first postmaster in 1882. Content
had a school in 1882 and a hotel in 1888. At some time it had several stores,
two gins, a lime kiln, and a blacksmith shop. In 1890 Content was the county's
second largest town, with 200 people. The post office name was changed to Tokeen
in 1905. The Santa Fe Railroad extension missed Content in 1909, and most residents
moved to Goldsboro. The post office was closed in 1916, and after that the name
was changed back to Content. The settlement had a population of twenty-five in
1940 and 1960. In 1970 there were only three houses left.
From "Eighteen
Ghost Towns of Runnels County" by Alton O'Neil Jr. |
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courtesy Donna Chevalier, May 2007 |
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