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ROCHELLE,
TEXAS
McCulloch County,
Texas
Hill Country
Highway 190
10 Miles NE of Brady
Population: 163 (unchanged from the 1968 estimate)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The name was suggested by a former resident of La Rochelle, France.
It was the name submitted and the name accepted when the post office
was granted in 1879.
In its early years, Rochelle's 30 citizens raised cattle and waited
for the railroad to arrive. It didn't until 1903. The Fort Worth and
Rio Grande Railway Company was first and then the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe arrived in 1912 when they completed their Lometa
to Eden
line.
By 1914 Rochelle had a substantial population of 700 with three stores,
two gins, hotel, bank and newspaper.
Rochelle lost population, but it remained over 500 from the 30s through
the 50s. When the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe abandoned its line in
1959, the economy declined accordingly.
It fell to a low of 100 by the early 1960s, and by 1968 it was reported
as 167 - a number the town is evidently comfortable with. |
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