MCADOO
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MCADOO |
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NAME: McAdoo COUNTY: Dickens ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Hot in Summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall or Spring |
COMMENTS:
A few residents left. The old school and Gym are worth the visit! The old basketball gym is still standing and open to photographers! REMAINS: Gas Station/Hardwarestore/School/Gym |
| Settlement began with the selling off of school lands in 1907. In early 1915 a post office was established and was given the name McAdoo, after Woodrow Wilson's son-in-law who was also Secretary of the Treasury. There are many post office cornerstones today bearing Mr. McAdoo's name from when he served as Treasury Secretary. That same year (1915) the Prairie View School was moved to McAdoo and saw service as a meeting place for three churches as well as its intended purpose. McAdoo became a shipping point, but fires in 1925 and 1929 curtailed growth. In 1925 the population was only 20. By 1939 the population had swelled to 250, where it remained for many years. In the mid 1960s there were an estimated 150 people which increased to 169 by the mid-1970s. It has slowly decreased to an estimated 100 for the 2000 census. Submitted by: Tyson Woodul |
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