Knickerbocker, Texas

Knickerbocker is an unincorporated community in southwestern Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It lies along Farm to Market Road 2335 southwest of the city of San Angelo, the county seat of Tom Green County.[1] Its elevation is 2,051 feet (625 m).[2] Although Knickerbocker is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76939.[3]

Knickerbocker
Unincorporated community
Knickerbocker
Location within the state of Texas
Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°16′0″N 100°37′23″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyTom Green
Elevation
2,051 ft (625 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
76939
GNIS feature ID1360716

Named for Washington Irving's character Diedrich Knickerbocker by early settlers related to Irving, the community quickly became significant, being the most important community in the county aside from San Angelo. Agriculture was long the community's mainstay, between grain farming and sheep ranching. The first settlers in the area arrived in 1875, and the first townsite was established along Dove Creek; Knickerbocker's post office was established in 1881 and rebuilt in 1896 and 1936. The community was moved in 1889 around a nearby hill to have better access to water. Local children were able to attend school in Knickerbocker starting in 1889, but the school was closed and merged into Christoval's system in 1956.[4]

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 99.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knickerbocker, Texas
  3. Zip Code Lookup
  4. Knickerbocker, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-11.


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