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ERSKINE, TEXAS


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Concho County, Panhandle / West Texas

Near Kickapoo Creek
28 Miles SW of Paint Rock the county seat
Population: 0

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Cover canceled with Erskine, TX 1884 June 14 postmark
Postmark courtesy Dan Whatley Collection

Erskine History

From Handbook of Texas:

Erskine, on a site originally known as Kickapoo Springs, was near Kickapoo Creek twenty-eight miles southwest of Paint Rock in southwestern Concho County. The settlement was established in 1883 and acquired a post office the same year. In 1884 Erskine had a hotel, a general store, and a population of seventy. Local employment centered on the shipment of livestock and wool. Erskine apparently declined after the post office was moved to the nearby community of Vigo in 1887.


Mary M. Standifer, “Erskine, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October 11, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/erskine-tx. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TX Concho County 1907 Postal Map

Concho County 1907 postal map showing Vigo
Near Tom Green County line

From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office


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Paint Rock the county seat
Eden
San Angelo

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