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Holmes ~ ca 1899
Located southeast of the intersection
of Farm Road 20 and West Fork of Plum Creek in the central Caldwell County area,
the town was named for J. P. Holmes, who ran a general store in 1899 and
established a post office. By 1905, the post office was discontinued and service
was shifted to Lockhart. In 1906, a school was built. Holmes was a community
built on agriculture with a strong emphasis on cotton, and ranching taking a
strong second. With the construction of good roads, Holmes slowly faded, and the
families moved to Lockhart; today all traces of this town have vanished. Source - Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County, November 2000 The Plum Creek Almanac is a project of The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County. Please send us your comments.The Genealogical and Historical Society
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