Pluck, Texas

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Pluck
Unincorporated area
Nickname: 
Stryker
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Pluck
Location within the state of Texas
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Pluck
Pluck (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°0′41″N94°44′37″W / 31.01139°N 94.74361°W / 31.01139; -94.74361
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
StateFlag of Texas.svg  Texas
County Polk
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1380382 [1]

Pluck is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. [1]

History

A variant name was "Stryker." [1] A post office called Stryker was established in 1885, and closed in 1913, and a post office called Pluck was in operation from 1918 until 1951. [2] The origin of the name "Pluck" is obscure. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pluck, Texas
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.


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