a Pecan ShellOnce included in the Santa Cruz de Concepción land
grant, the village took its name from that source when a post
office opened in 1906. There were enough families to warrant the
post office and provide 19 pupils for the local school. Although
little is recorded of the town’s early years, it was reported
that Santa Cruz had a population of 100 (supported by three
businesses) in the mid 1930s. the years the businesses dwindled
until there were none and the death-blow came in the 1960s when
the school merged with the Premont ISD. Today only two
cemeteries remain. Duval County map showing Santa Cruz N of
Falfurrias near Duval/Jim Wells County line. Courtesy Texas
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