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Carruth ~ ca 1902

Carruth was located on the Jacobs Survey in the southeastern portion of Caldwell County. The land on which Carruth lay was owned by Dr. Clay Nichols, who was also its first postmaster. The post office was established in 1902. There was a store and cotton gin in operation. Colie Etheridge was its last postmaster when, in 1906, the office was closed and moved to Granz in Gonzales County. The children attended the Rock Water Hole School. In 1912 Sarah Spencer bought the property that included the gin, store and home. A tornado in 1940 destroyed the remaining structures. Today nothing remains of this little town.

Source - Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County, November 2000.

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