Scallorn, Texas

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Scallorn
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Scallorn
Coordinates: 31°19′47″N98°28′27″W / 31.32972°N 98.47417°W / 31.32972; -98.47417 Coordinates: 31°19′47″N98°28′27″W / 31.32972°N 98.47417°W / 31.32972; -98.47417
Country United States
State Texas
County Mills
Elevation 1,529 ft (466 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 325
GNIS feature ID 1380501 [1]

Scallorn is an unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas, United States. Scallorn is located along a BNSF Railway line and is near U.S. Route 183. Scallorn was founded along what was then the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in 1888. The community was named after Gid Scallorn, the foreman of a nearby ranch. Scallorn had a post office from 1918 to 1932. In 1949, Scallorn abandoned its railway station; the town had a population of twenty-five at the time. [2]

Mills County, Texas county in Texas, USA

Mills County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,936. The county seat is Goldthwaite. The county is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

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BNSF Railway freight railroad network in North America

The BNSF Railway Company is the largest freight railroad network in North America. One of eight North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 44,000 employees, 32,500 miles (52,300 km) of track in 28 states, and more than 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the western and eastern United States. BNSF trains traveled over 169 million miles in 2010, more than any other North American railroad. The BNSF and Union Pacific have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western U.S. and share trackage rights over thousands of miles of track.

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Scallorn, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 27 August 2009.