The county was named for Capt. William Mosby Eastland,qv who died in the Texas Revolution. In 1858 the Texas legislature formed Eastland County from land formerly assigned to Bosque, Coryell, and Travis counties; the county was attached to Palo Pinto County for judicial purposes. In early 1874 the Flannagan's Ranch headquarters, also called Merriman, was designated as the county seat. In 1875, and the new town of Eastland was designated the county seat. -Handbook of Texas Online: Eastland County |
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This list contains or will contain all post offices known from Texas. Noted also are whether recent offices have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. A link is provided to detailed precancel data for that location. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Pester the active post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. They may be found many times, but only have to be thrown away once. Precancel devices are not usually issued to branches, stations or contract post offices. Please see plans page for color legend. |
| Post Office | Zip / * | Established | first precancels Authorized | Discontinued | Notes |
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| CARBON | 76435 | none | operating | ||
| CISCO | 76437 | yes | operating | ||
| DESDEMONA | 76445 | none | operating | ||
| EASTLAND | 76448 | yes | operating | ||
| GORMAN | 76454 | yes | operating | ||
| OLDEN | 76466 | none | operating | ||
| RANGER | 76470 | yes | operating | ||
| RISING STAR | 76471 | yes | operating | ||
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