Pluck, Texas

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Pluck
Nickname(s): 
Stryker
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Coordinates: 31°0′40.69″N94°44′36.75″W / 31.0113028°N 94.7435417°W / 31.0113028; -94.7435417 Coordinates: 31°0′40.69″N94°44′36.75″W / 31.0113028°N 94.7435417°W / 31.0113028; -94.7435417
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StateFlag of Texas.svg  Texas
County Polk
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

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