Mendoza

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Mendoza is on U.S. Highway 183 ten miles north of Lockhart in north central Caldwell County. It was named for an early settler in the area. A post office operated there from 1892 to 1911. In 1905 the community had a school with one teacher and forty-seven students, and in the first quarter of the twentieth century Mendoza reported a population of 200. The 1936 county highway map showed a school, a church, a cemetery, an industrial site, several other businesses, and numerous residences at the townsite. During the Great Depression the population of Mendoza fell to 100, where it remained until the mid-1960s, when it dropped to fifty. In 1987 one business was reported there. The population of the community was still estimated as fifty in 1990. In 2000 the population was 100.

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Belongs to

Mendoza is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

Mendoza is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • (Booton)

Location

Latitude: 30.00494000
Longitude: -97.68611170

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Mendoza by the Numbers

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Pop. Year Source
100 2014 Local Officials