Nada Post Office
Nada, Colorado County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The post office in Nada was established in 1894 when William J. Engbrock, Jr. was appointed the first postmaster. The post office was located in the general store owned by his father, William Engbrock, Sr., until 1898. Subsequent locations of the post office changed several times over the years, depending on the profession of the succeeding postmasters. Twice it was housed in the medical office and pharmacy of Dr. Francis Daehne, appointed in 1898, and Dr. John A. Halamicek, appointed in 1915. The post office returned to the general store during the terms of Joseph H. Labay, named in 1900, and Joseph J. Patter (Potter), appointed in 1903. Adolf Hruzek became postmaster in 1911 and moved the post office to his general store across the street. Appointed in 1921, Antone Lichnovsky moved the office in 1935 to his general store built near the newly constructed State Highway 71. His daughter, appointed in 1946, also served from his store. In 1953 the post office moved to the site of the postmaster's new service station and garage, where it remained for thirty years. In 1987 a new post office facility was built here on land purchased from the Braden family.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The Nada post office opened in 1894 with William J. Engbrock, Jr. as first postmaster, and for nearly a century it migrated around town with each new postmaster's trade — housed by turns in general stores, a doctor's pharmacy, and a service station and garage. It followed the community's shifting center of gravity, even moving to be near the new State Highway 71 in the 1930s. A permanent facility was finally built in 1987.
Why it matters
The wandering post office traces in miniature how a small farming community organized its daily life around commerce, medicine, and the roads that connected it to the wider world.
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Related people
- · William J. Engbrock, Jr.
- · Adolf Hruzek
- · Antone Lichnovsky
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