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History
in a Pecan Shell
Truscott had (in 1880) once been named China Lake for a grove
of Chinaberry trees growing along a small lake.
With the organization of the county the name was changed to honor
pioneer J. Truscott, an early settler.
Truscott was the first teacher of the Truscott school, established
in 1888. The one-room schoolhouse served until 1907, when it burned.
That same year the town moved a mile to be on the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient Railway.
The Truscott school burned in1945, and even after a new school was
built, enrollment decreased to the point where it closed.
Truscott was an aberration during the Great Depression when the population
doubled from 250 in 1930 to 500 in1940.
By1980 Truscott was on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line and
reported 187 residents. |
1941
First Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 |
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"Welcome
to Truscott
Heart
of the Wichita Divide"
Photo courtesy of Tom Walker
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on image to enlarge
Photo courtesy Jim Rich |
1920s Knox
County
map showing Truscott
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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