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Texas Ghost
Town
RUNNINGWATER,
TEXAS
AKA Running Water
Hale County,
Texas Panhandle
FM 1424 and Runningwater Draw
12 miles NW of Plainview
Population 0
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History
in a Pecan Shell
First called Wadsworth, the people applied for a post office
under the name Running Water - to promote the town by calling
attention to the fact that it did, indeed, have running water. The
PO opened in 1890 and was renamed the following year. Dennis Rice
is credited with founding the town.
Runningwater's "Grand Opening" (complete with barbeque) occured in
August of 1892. Several planned businesses failed and then a drought
and a plague of grasshoppers in the mid-1890s set the town back. New
settlers were attracted to the area in 1895 and by 1907 the town had
three stores, and the same number of churches.
Things were looking good for the town when the Fort Worth and Denver
Railway bypassed the town in 1928. The post office moved to Edmonson
Switch on the railroad line in 1937 and Runningwater was abandoned.
The community was still shown on detailed county maps although no
population figures were given.
Edmonson has dropped the Switch off its name and is still on
the map with a population of just over 100 persons. |
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