SANCO
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SANCO |
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NAME: Sanco COUNTY: Coke ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall |
COMMENTS:
Near Robert Lee. REMAINS: Many abandoned buildings. |
| Sanco survived longer than most small towns whose population never exceeded more than thirty families. Its settlement began in the 1880s and its last store closed in the early 1970s. The town consisted mostly of cotton farmers and a few cattle ranchers. During World War I, severe drought forced the closure of many small farms. Soon thereafter, those who were left found it impossible to compete with newer and larger farms on the South Plains and in the Panhandle. Gradually, all the former cotton fields returned to grassland and range use. Sanco had a general store, school, Methodist and Baptist churches, and an automobile garage among other businesses, the remains of which are there to see. The town is located just off state highway 208 about halfway between the towns of Silver and Robert Lee. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth |
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