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SCRAP, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Red River County, East Texas

3 Miles S of Kiomatia
4 Miles NE of Kanawha*
29 Miles NE of Paris
20 miles N of Detroit
NW of Clarksville the county seat
Near the Oklahama State Line

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History in a Pecan Shell

Scrap, Texas disappeared sometime in the 1930s. A post office operated between 1903 and 1924 and the only population figure given in the Handbook of Texas was for 1914 when 25 Scrapers called the place home.

*The TxDoT County Map for Red River County shows a distance of 3.1 miles between the towns of Kiomatia and Kanawha - following FM 410. The exact location of the town would have to be determined by earlier maps.

Cover canceled with 1911 Scrap, TX postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Red River County 1920s map showing Scrap,
Kiomatia & Kanawha near the Red River
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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