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CEGO, TEXAS
CEGO, TEXAS. Cego is on Farm Road 1950 seven miles southwest of Chilton in western Falls County. When it was founded in the early 1880s by a group of German-American farmers, the community was known as Pleasant Valley. A few years later, when residents applied to the postal department for a star route, the name of the town had to be changed because a Pleasant Valley, Texas, already existed. The name Cego was chosen in honor of a cotton picker who had worked on several of the local farms. The Cego post office was granted in 1895; it was discontinued ten years later, and mail for the community was sent to Eddy.
The Pleasant Valley school began serving the district in 1885 and continued to operated under that name until after 1900. In 1904 it had two teachers and 149 students. The population of Cego proper was thirty-five in 1910. Two churches, a school, and several businesses marked the community on county highway maps in 1948, and the number of residents was estimated at 200. The school at Cego was consolidated with the Chilton Independent School District in 1949. Although the population of Cego was listed as ninety-eight in the 1970s and 1980s, local residents maintained that the actual number was closer to fifty. In 2000 the population was forty-two.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Vertical File, Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl
Info from The Handbook of Texas Online.
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Sketch of Downtown Cego |
Ken Gates |
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Cego Baptism at Pond If you have any
further info, please let Kay know. |
Ken Gates |
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Cego Baptist Church Pen and Ink Drawing |
Ken Gates |
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Cego Baptist Church |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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Tabernacle at the Cego Baptist
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75th Anniversary of Cego Baptist
Church |
Collection of Winnie Hill |
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This
photo of the Cego Baptist Church in Cego, Falls Co., TX, was taken just a
short time before the church building was sold. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Photo
taken of the tabernacle, which was located just south of the Cego Baptist
Church in Cego, Falls County, Texas. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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St. Paul United Church of Christ |
Ken Gates |
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Huber Boys Left
to Right: |
Carol Huber & Mary Jane Huber
Jones own this picture |
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Eugene Herrington and Letha Stewart as Bride and Groom Eugene
was the son of Ed and Ethel Herrington. |
Ken Gates |
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Eugene Herrington and Letha Stewart as Bride and Groom Eugene
was the son of Ed and Ethel Herrington. |
Ken Gates |
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Eugene Herrington was the son of Ed and Ethel Herrington Eula Mae was the daughter of Otto G. and Myrtle
Inez Barrow. Myrtle was born 28 Mar 1894; married, 12 July 1913; and died, 5
Dec 1984. |
Ken Gates |
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Evan
just starting to the Cotton Gin. This Cotton made about a bale to the acre. |
Ken Gates |
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Allen McBride
and Friends If you
have any further info, please let Kay
know. |
Ken Gates |
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E. W.
Schaake ran a store in Cego, Falls Co., Texas, for many years, along with his
wife, Martha (Miller) Schaake. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Martha
(Miller) Schaake was married to E. W. Schaake. Together they ran a store in
Cego, Falls Co., TX, for many years. Martha's father was William Miller, one
of the "founding fathers" of the Cego community, He ran a store
there himself for many years, on the site where Martha and her husband would
later build their home. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Waco Tribune Herald Newspaper January 22, 1984 |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Huber Family
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Picture owed by Carroll and Mary
Jane Huber |
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T. R. Allen and Wife |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Emil Behnke Homestead |
Emil Behnke Homestead |
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Tornado at Cego |
Ken Gates |
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Paul Huber |
Ken Gates |
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Newspaper Article of Local People in
the Cego area. |
Ken Gates |
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Newspaper article
for a Bridal Shower of Miss Winnie Herrington who married Johnnie Schanautz.
Shower was given by Miss Tina Stewart at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Stewart. |
Ken Gates |
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Unknown
picture of girl that is 'maybe' a Barrow. |
Ken Gates |
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Newspaper Article of Local People |
Ken Gates |
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Watermelon Time!
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Ken Gates |
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Unknown
Group. |
Ken Gates |
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Newspaper Article
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Ken Gates |
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In Rememberance of the Close
up view of the writing on this certificate. |
Barbara (Caddell) Fox |
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CLARK FAMILY PHOTOS |
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PARHAM FAMILY PHOTOS |
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SHOTWELL FAMILY PHOTOS |
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STEWART FAMILY PHOTOS |
Minnie (Turner) Stewart |
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TURNER FAMILY PHOTOS |
Minnie (Turner) Stewart |
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