WALDO, TX
WALDO, TEXAS. Waldo was a small rural community located nine miles northwest of McGregor in western McLennan County. A post office operated from 1892 until 1907; Samuel T. Caldwell was the first postmaster. In 1896 the community had a Methodist and a Baptist church, two general stores, and ninety residents. The community was not labeled on county highway maps in the 1940s, and more recent population information was not available.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1972). William Robert Poage, McLennan County Before 1980 (Waco: Texian, 1981).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "WALDO, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrwxc), accessed June 16, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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