Drop, Texas | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 33°07′51″N 97°21′21″W / 33.13083°N 97.35583°W / 33.13083; -97.35583 | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Denton |
Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1378230[1] |
Drop is an unincorporated community in Denton County, Texas, United States.[1]
The early settlement was a supply point for the surrounding agricultural community.
Settlers arrived in the area in 1854 and established towns within a larger community called the Denton Creek Settlement.[2][3] Drop was founded within the Denton Creek Settlement in 1882 and operated a post office from 1886 to 1905.[4] A school was built in 1922 and had three teachers.[4] It operated until 1935, when students began attending school in Justin.[4] The early Drop community had two stores and two churches, and for recreation, residents would go swimming at Drop Crossing on nearby Oliver Creek.[4] The primary agricultural product on the farms surrounding Drop was wheat and Drop was a supply point for local farmers.[4][5]
Business and people from Drop and other nearby communities began moving to Justin after a railroad was built there in the late 1800s.[3] Drop had a population of 38 in 1936 and 30 in 1963.[3]
Drop is located on Farm to Market Road 1384 in southwest Denton County, 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Justin.[5]
Dew Drop Airport is a private, grass covered airport located east of the settlement.[6]
Drop was one of the settings in the 1991 film Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?[4]
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |