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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally called Mooresville, the community was named after
storekeeper Robert Moore, who opened his store (the first) in the
1850s. In the 1860s the community formed its basic foundation when
land was given by Ed McCullough for church, school, and cemetery.
A post office was granted in 1878 and the name officially became Mooreville
in 1892.
In the mid 1880s the population remained below 30 persons but leaped
to 180 in the early 1890s.
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad bypassed the town by four
miles. The population remained just below 200 in 1900 and the post
office closed six years later.
Mooreville’s school merged with the Chilton district in 1950 and the
school became the town’s community center. By the mid 1960s the population
was down to 74 residents. The 1990 census showed 91 citizens where
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Photographer's
Note:
A few pic's of what there is to see in Mooresville, TX. Still a good
number of residences in this little community. - William
Beauchamp, July 2009 |
Native Son
Daniel
Edwards: Hero or Hoax by Clay Coppedge
Alvin C. York had nothing on Daniel Edwards, other than, perhaps,
an abiding sense of honesty. Both men were awarded the Medal of
Honor to recognize their gallant actions in World War I, but York's
legacy has endured longer and stronger, partly due to the popularity
of the 1941 Gary Cooper movie, Sergeant York.
But Edwards' stories are the more incredible, even the ones he didn't
make up.
Edwards was born in the small rural community of Mooreville, Texas,
about 25 miles south of Waco, in either 1888 or 1889... more
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