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courtesy Shannon Grayson, 2014 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Rancher James Monroe Choate became the town’s namesake when the community
developed along the Goliad – Kenedy Road in the late 19th Century.
Due to the number of residents from Oklahoma, the town was also known
as “The Oklahoma Settlement.”
From 1902 through 1909 Choate had its own post office as well as basic
businesses. Population figures were only estimates, but from the 1930s
until the drought years of the early 1950s, the estimate was a mere
75.
The school managed to stay open until the 1960s and today the town
remains on county maps with a 2000 population figure of 20. |
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"The "old school",
now the Choate Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, was the setting for
an engagement party... The church members had the ruins of the school
burned out and cleared in hopes of staging events just as this special
occasion... more
- Shannon Grayson, July 14, 2014
"My dad
was the last Principle when the school closed in the mid 1960's.
A few years ago they had a community burning (with firemen present)
of the school to prevent the danger of the building falling in on
anyone. The old cafeteria behind it is now used by the local Baptist
Church. I've been told there is a plan in the works to make a small
park inside the old school walls. Most students now attend the Pettus
Independent School District. Choate is located in Karnes County
on highway 239 SE of Kenedy going
toward Goliad." -
Will
Beauchamp, November 07, 2008
Choate
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