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WOODSBORO,
TEXAS
Refugio County,
Texas
Gulf Coast
Highway 77 and FM 2441
5 Miles SW of Refugio
Population: 1,685 (2000)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Planned by northern developers around 1906, the St. Louis, Brownsville
and Mexico Railroad arrived later that same year.
By February of 1907 the town had a two-story frame hotel to accommodate
prospective buyers and a post office was opened in the hotel for the
obvious convenience.
Captain Tobias D. Wood, who sold his ranch to the developers was honored
by having his name on the postal application.
The town was promoted in the Midwest and all across Texas.
A school was built by 1908 and the community enjoyed all the basic
businesses, including a newspaper which started publishing in 1910.
The town was electrified around 1913 and by 1914 the population had
increased to 500 – a respectable figure. By the mid 1920s, the population
was 450 but when oil was discovered in the area in 1928, a minor boom
erupted.
By 1930 there were 1,286 residents – but not all were permanent. By
1941 Woodsboro had 1,426 citizens and by 1990 it had increased to
1,731. It has since declined slightly to the current 1,685. |
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Woodsboro
Ice House
TE photo, 2001 |
Another
view of the Ice House
TE photo, 2001 |
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