 The number of residents steadily declined throughout the remainder of the 20th century – from 234 in 1950 and 195 in 1960, to 122 in 1980.Talpa citizens voted to unincorporate in an election held on April 7, 1982.Four years later, on July 1, 1986, the Talpa Centennial Independent School District and Mozelle Independent School District merged to form the Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District.