Pendell, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 31°42′49″N97°32′29″W / 31.71361°N 97.54139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Bosque |
Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 254 |
GNIS feature ID | 1380899 [1] |
Pendell is a ghost town in Bosque County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1]
The only operating business in Pendell was a service station, with the community having a population from 20 to 25 in the 1940s. It was abandoned by the next decade and no longer appeared on maps in 1984. [2]
Pendell was located near the eastern bank of the Bosque River, 5 mi (8.0 km) northwest of Valley Mills and 23 mi (37 km) northwest of Waco in southern Bosque County. [2]
Today, Pendell is located within the Clifton Independent School District.
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