Community of Concho

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Geographic: 31.539799, -99.808495

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Location: from Paint Rock, take US 83 north about 4.5 miles then go east on FM 1929 about 7 miles

Marker Text: As settlers came to the area in the late 1800's, a small farming community developed here along the Concho River. In 1905 a post office opened in the home of W. D. Cape. In 1906 J. W. Barr (d. 1964) opened a general store at this site. As the business center for the surrounding rural area, the settlement was also the site of a school, two churches, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, and a cemetery. Although the population had declined by the 1940's and the post office was closed in 1954, the site of the pioneer community serves as a reminder of the area's early settlers. (1983)

Marker No: 1008

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker