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Waring
gas station and general store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2004 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally named Waringford when R. P. M. Waring, an Irishman from
Waringford, Ireland sold or donated land to the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass Railway for its Kerrville line in the late 1880s. In 1888 a post
office from neighboring Windsor, Texas moved across the Guadalupe
River to Waringford.
The town's name was shortened to plain Waring in early 1901. The population
hovered between 100-150 until 1914 when it peaked at 300. Waring had
most essential businesses as well as a lumberyard and quarry.
The population fell to a mere 80 by the early 1950s and the estimated
population remains at just 73. |
Waring
Depot Sketch by Jacinto
Guevara
Photo by John Troesser, October 2007 |
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