Drasco Community
Drasco, Runnels County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Originally called County Line. Named changed when general store owner R. O. Kerr applied for a post office and was granted one under name Drasco on Dec. 16, 1904. (Post office site is across street, south.) Kerr was postmaster until 1909. First school house was built in 1902 on land donated by Tom Puckett. School consolidated with Winters schools in 1947. During Drasco's thriving years, there were 2 stores, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, a 5-room school building and 2 churches -- Baptist church is still active. Population never exceeded 30.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
First called County Line, this tiny Runnels County settlement was renamed Drasco when storekeeper R. O. Kerr won a post office in 1904. In its thriving years it held two stores, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, a five-room school, and two churches — yet its population never topped 30. The school consolidated with Winters in 1947, and the community faded, though its Baptist church endures.
Why it matters
Drasco is a portrait of the small cotton-belt hamlets that once dotted rural Texas and mostly vanished when farming consolidated.
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