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Sample, Texas

Sample, on U.S Highway 87 in southern Gonzales County, was named for a local family when the town became a switch on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, which built through the county during the 1870s. A post office opened there in 1905, and by 1915 Sample had a telephone connection, a blacksmith, a cotton gin, two general stores, and a population of seventy-five. By 1936 the community had a school, though the population had fallen to fifty and the number of businesses to one.

The population had dropped to twenty-five by 1965, when no businesses were recorded, and continued to be estimated at twenty-five through 2000. One business was reported there in 1985 and still remained as late as 1988.

Stephen L. Hardin, "SAMPLE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online
(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hns09)

Historical Organizations

Texas Historical Commission
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Texas
Texas State Historical Association

Gonzales Co. Government

Gonzales County
City of Gonzales
City of Nixon
City of Smiley
City of Waelder

Gonzales Co. Communities

Cost
Bebe
Belmont
Oak Forest
Ottine
Monthalia
Leesville
Dewville
Harwood
Saturn
Hickston
Dilworth
Dreyer
Cheapside
Pilgrim
Sample
Wrightsboro
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