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History in
a Pecan Shell
It could be safely assumed that the name derived from a high bank
of the nearby Brazos River. Settled in the 1880s, the town picked
up speed in 1901 with the arrival of the Calvert, Waco and Brazos
Valley Railroad.
Highbank's post office opened the following year and according to
local legend - the town had several hundred citizens and 15-20 businesses
- several of them saloons that closed during prohibition. The town's
business district burned in the mid 1930s and many of those affected
rebuilt - but unfortunately they didn't rebuild in Highbank.
Highbank's school merged with the Marlin
ISD in the late 1950s and the post office closed it's doors in the
early 70s. The store that housed the post office closed its door a
short time later. |
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