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SLATER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Coryell County, North Central Texas

FM 1783
About 15 Miles SW of Gatesville
Population: 0

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Slater TX - School Ruins
Slater schoolhouse
Photo courtesy Dennis McDonaugh, January 2011
History in a Pecan Shell

There were enough residents in 1901 to be granted a post office here, although no one seems to remember how many. Ten years after it opened, the post office was discontinued. It reopened two years later but closed for good in 1919.

Today, only a cemetery and the old school building remain.

Slater, Texas was suggested for inclusion by Dennis McDonaugh who submitted the photographs here.
Slater TX - School Ruins
Another view of the schoolhouse next to the cemetery
Photo courtesy Dennis McDonaugh, January 2011
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TX Coryell County 1907 Postal Map
Coryell County 1907 Postal Map showing Slater (SW of Gatesville)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Slater, Texas
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