Zack, Texas

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Zack was a formerly populated place in Brazos County, Texas, United States.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.

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Zack was located about twelve miles northeast of Bryan, and its founding can be traced to 1904 when Zachariah R. Guess opened a post office in the general store he operated. Cyrus Koontz bought the store from Guess in 1906 and operated it until 1932. The community was never large, with an estimated population of 25 between the years of 1925 through 1950. By 1988 it no longer appeared on highway maps. [1]

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Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,201. As of May 2017, the estimated population was 84,637. It is the county seat of Brazos County and is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. It borders the city of College Station, which lies to its south. Together they are referred to as the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area, which has a population of more than 250,069.

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References

  1. Brown, Richard. Zack, TX, The Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association (2010)