LOCKER, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
San Saba County, Texas Hill Country

Ranch Road 500
17 Miles NW of San Saba the county seat
NE of Brady
Population: 16 est. (2000, 1990)

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Locker TX - Locker Cemetery, San Saba County

Locker Cemetery
Photo courtesy John J. Germann, September 2016

History in a Pecan Shell

The town dates from the 1870s when it was first known as Knob and (later) Mount Pleasant. James Monroe Locker moved in from Bosque County to open the community's first store and the town was renamed in 1899 when the post office was granted. Locker served as the town's first postmaster. The population was nearing 200 by 1915, but fell into a decline after WWI that it never recovered from.

While times were prosperous in most of Texas in the 20s, Locker lost half of its population. Its school and post office moved to Richland Springs in the 1950s and from 1967 through 2000 the population was reported as a mere 16 people.

Locker TX - Locker Cemetery Locker family tombstones

Locker Tombstones
Photo courtesy John J. Germann, September 2016

San Saba County TX - Locker Cemetery graves

Locker Cemetery Graves
Photo courtesy John J. Germann, September 2016
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An old house in Locker
Photo courtesy John J. Germann, September 2016

Locker TX - San Saba Co Post office info

Cover canceled with Locker, TX 1954 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

1907 postal map showing Locker in NW San Saba County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Texas Hill Country

Locker, Texas Nearby Towns:
San Saba the county seat
Brady
Brownwood
Goldthwaite

San Saba County
McCulloch County | Brown County | Mills County

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