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PRINGLE,
TEXAS Hutchinson
County, Texas
Panhandle
FM 1598 and Highway 136
9 Miles N of Stinnett
Population: 40 (estimate)
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The
burned Pringle Elementary School
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
Pringle
was born of the railroad. In
this case it was the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad when it connected
Stinnett and Hitchland in 1929. That same year
a post office opened, although it was to close only 18 years later. William H.
Pringle, the town's namesake was the donor of land for the first school. Pringle
had a population of twenty in 1933. The town reached its zenith in 1947 when 60
people called Pringle home.
It has remained at an estimated 40 since 1974. |
Pringle
Elementary School granite marker
Established Sept. 1929
Close May 1977
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 | |
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