PATILLO, TEXAS
AKA Patilo, Texas

Erath County, Central Texas North

32.503, -98.169

FM 2803 and FM 3208
Just off US 281
N of Stephenville the county seat
W of Granbury
Population: 10 (1980, 1990)

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Patillo TX - Patillo Grocery & Feed store

Patillo Grocery & Feed Store
Photo by John Troesser, February 2004

History in a Pecan Shell

Established about 1890, Henry Ator and G. A. Hunt established the first businesses. Hunt became the town’s first postmaster. The population was a respectable 68 in 1900, but by 1910 it had declined to only 33. In 1940 Patillo had 54 people with a school and two businesses.

Today Patillo consists of the picturesque store above, a church, a volunteer fire department substation and an open-air meeting hall.

The Patillo Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, July 2005

TX - Patillo community meeting tabernacle

The Patillo community tabernacle
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, July 2005
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The Patillo store
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, July 2005

Cover canceled with Patilo, TX 1904 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Erath County 1907 Postal Map showing Patillo as Patilo
near Palo Pinto County line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Central Texas North

Patillo, Texas Nearby Towns:
Stephenville the county seat
Granbury

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PATILLO, TEXAS AKA Patilo, Texas

History in a Pecan Shell

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PATILLO, TEXAS
AKA Patilo, Texas