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On April 11, 1846, Limestone County was formed from Robertson County, and a week later Springfield was established as the county seat. This town had a population of 120 when it was incorporated in 1848. In 1873, however, when the courthouse burned and the Houston and Texas Central Railway bypassed the town, an election was ordered and Groesbeck became the county seat. The organization of the county was completed on August 18, 1846, with the election of county officials. Limestone County originally included all the land between the Brazos and Trinity rivers on the east and west, and the land north of Robertson County to Navarro County. In 1848 part of northern and western Limestone County was taken to form McLennan and Falls counties, and in 1850 part of the eastern section was taken to form part of Freestone County. The boundaries were changed to their present form on November 2, 1866. -Handbook of Texas Online: Limestone 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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| Cely's Store | alternate name for Brushy Creek | ||||
| Brushy Creek | 11/23/1873:Wheat | 11/22/1875:Wheat | moved to Anderson County, discontinued, mail to Poynor | ||
| " (1875-1925) * | in Anderson County | ||||
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| Callina | * | 3/30/1898:Wheat | 11/30/1906:Wheat | discontinued, mail to Cooledge | |
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| Cooledge | * | yes | name changed to Coolidge | ||
| COOLIDGE | 76635 | yes | operating | name changed from Cooledge | |
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| GROESBECK | 76642 | yes | operating | ||
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| KOSSE | 76653 | yes | operating | ||
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| MART | city in McLennan-Limestone Counties, post office in McLennan County | ||||
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| MEXIA | 76667 | yes | operating | pronounced Meh-HAY-uh | |
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| PRAIRIE HILL | 76678 | yes | operating | ||
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| TEHUACANA | 76686 | yes | operating | ||
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| THORNTON | 76687 | none | operating | ||
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