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Fran:
Yocnajab, MX

(Other names:  Jocnajab, San José Yocnajab, San Jose Yocnajab)

Population
106,202,903
   
Land Area
1,972,550 km2

Meryl:
Bug Tussle, TX

John Truss, was a settler in the area in the 1890s and the town had originally been named in his honor. For some reason the name of Truss, Texas was changed to Bug Tussle.

Bug Tussle signs were popular with souvenir hunters and many people would marry there to have Bug Tussle on their marriage license.

The population dwindled to only 6 in the 1960s.

The David Graham Hall foundation took a lease on downtown Bug Tussle in the mid 1960s in an effort to restore it. During the restoration the population increased to about 30 persons.

The name continues to draw people. Antique car clubs and other organizations will hold events there to use the name on their programs and posters.

jpwagoneer1964:
Eustace, Tx

MaineWriter:
El Sauz, TX

 El Sauz is said to be is a variant of sauce, which is Spanish for "willow." The original land grant was given to José Narciso Cavazos in 1781 by the Spanish crown. His history of ownership is sketchy - but it is known that he had stocked it with nearly 1,000 head of cattle.

While riding north from Brownsville in 1852, Richard King mentioned that he had discovered a deserted ranch in that region named El Sauz. This is also a mention of a coastal community named El Sauz established around that same time frame. Situated on Redfish Bay, this town had a post office (1870 to 1875) and it's said that after a hurricane in 1882, the community moved inland to the present location.

In 1881 Richard King and his partner Mifflin Kenedy incorporated El Sauz into their vast holdings. It later became a subdivision of the King Ranch. A post office by the name of Sauz was opened in 1893 and the town served as a stage-stop - for the Brownsville to Alice stageline. A school district was established in 1925 and the 100,000 acre ranch was owned by the Atwood family - an extension of the King family.

El Sauz made national newspaper headlines in late 1936, when two residents of San Perlita, disappeared while hunting on or near the ranch. Family and friends of the missing men (whose bodies were never found) claimed that over zealous King Ranch employees murdered the two men for trespassing. There was enough outrage to have the Governor (James Allred) to send a token force of Texas Rangers to the area under Capt. Bill McMurray to prevent the public from storming the ranch.

Leslie

memento:
Zabcikville, Texas

Zabcikville reached a high-water mark of 80 people just prior to 1950. Today that many people can be found on any given Sunday at the only restaurant in town (and one of the two buildings).

John Zabcik founded the town with other Czech families and the sign above stands at what was once a service station. The 1990 census reported less than 40 people call Zabcikville home.

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