GOODMAN, TX
GOODMAN, TEXAS. Goodman, six miles northwest of Bastrop in western Bastrop County, received a post office in 1887 with Sterling F. Baucom as postmaster. In the 1890s Goodman had a general store, a blacksmith, and ten residents. Its post office was discontinued in 1914. By the late 1940s no evidence of the community was shown on county highway maps.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bill Moore, Bastrop County, 1691–1900 (Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1977).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "GOODMAN, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrgjp), accessed May 26, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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