76848 -- Hext TX - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

The tiny Menard County community of Hext along State Highway 29 had a population of 73 in 2000.

Nevertheless, it still offers its handful of residents the convenient US post office at which they can pick up and send their mail to any corner of the globe.

From the USPS website: (visit link)

"HEXT

15193 STATE HIGHWAY 29
HEXT, TX 76848-9870
Lot Parking Available


Phone 325-396-2050
TTY 877-889-2457

Retail Hours
Mon-Fri 9:00am - 11:00am
Sat 9:00am - 11:30am
Sun Closed

Last Collection Hours
Mon-Sat 10:30am
Sun Closed
Lobby Hours
Mon-Sat 12:01am - 11:59pm
Sun Closed

PO Box Access Hours
Mon-Sat 12:01am - 11:59pm
Sun Closed

Pickup Services Hours
Mon-Fri 9:00am - 11:00am
Sat 9:00am - 11:45am
Sun Closed

PO Box Delivery Time
Mon-Sat 10:45am
Sun Closed

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From the Handbook of Texas Online: (visit link)

HEXT, TEXAS. Hext is at the intersection of State Highway 29 and Farm Road 1221, sixteen miles southeast of Menard in eastern Menard County. It was known as Maringo (Marengo) when the area was settled in the 1870s, but residents changed the name to Hext in the late 1890s in honor of Joseph Robert Hext. A local post office was established in 1897 with Ennis Stark as postmaster. In 1914 the community had a cotton gin, a hotel, two general stores, and 125 residents. A Church of Christ had been organized in 1904, and a Baptist church was established in 1916. By the mid-1920s, population estimates for the community had fallen to forty; they rose to sixty in the late 1940s and remained at that level through the mid-1980s. The community reported sixty-four residents in 1988. In 2000 the population was seventy- three.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Menard County Historical Society, Menard County History-An Anthology (San Angelo: Anchor, 1982)."

Type of structure:: stand alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 76848 Current Status:: Still in Use

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