Scranton, TX
N 32° 18.268 W 099° 06.765
14S E 489385 N 3574189
Now retired from use, the old Scranton post office stands on the grounds of the old Scranton Academy, in front of the community center.
Waymark Code: WM1059K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2019
Views: 2
Scranton is a quiet rural community in 2019, and this post office looks to have been relocated here. A peek through the window reveals some vintage community photos on the wall, along with an old wood burning stove and the post office boxes. It's possible that this one has been or will be a museum at some point.
The Handbook of Texas Online provides some history, noting that there has been no functional post office here since at least 1980:
Scranton is on Farm Road 1864 thirty-eight miles southeast of Abilene in western Eastland County. In 1875 the families of D. C. and H. B. Lane and Joe and Aaron Brown settled there, and by the 1880s residents had built a school and a gin. A Mr. Reydon became postmaster when a post office was granted in 1891. In 1903 the Scranton Academy, a preparatory school, opened, and a year later Scranton had 150 residents, an incorporated school district, and dry goods, hardware, and grocery stores. The Scranton Reporter went into publication in 1911. Because the Scranton school had a high school classification in 1943, teachers had to possess credentials, and the schools received state aid. In 1980 through 2000 Scranton had a population of forty, no businesses, and no post office.
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: Unknown
Current Status:: Retired
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