Biggers, Texas

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Coordinates: 33°11′48″N96°32′48″W / 33.19667°N 96.54667°W / 33.19667; -96.54667
Country United States
State Texas
County Collin
Elevation
617 ft (188 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID2034675 [1]

Biggers is a ghost town in Collin County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1]

Background

Biggers was five miles east of the site of present McKinney in central Collin County. Settlement occurred sometime in the early 1890s, after the construction of the Biggers-Allen Mill in the late 1880s. By 1899 a general store and post office operated at the site with Wade Biggers as postmaster. The population of the settlement never exceeded twenty-five, however, and the post office closed in 1903. The community continued to exist until sometime in the early 1950s. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Biggers, Texas". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. David Minor, "BIGGERS, TX", Handbook of Texas Online, June 12, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2019.