Historical Marker
Drasco Community
Historical marker location:
FM 2405 & 2595 intersection, Drasco, Texas
( Intersection of FM 2405 and FM 2595, in Drasco)
Marker installed: 1968
Originally called County Line. Named changed when general store owner R. O. Kerr applied for a post office and was granted one under name Drasco on Dec. 16, 1904. (Post office site is across street, south.) Kerr was postmaster until 1909.
First school house was built in 1902 on land donated by Tom Puckett. School consolidated with Winters schools in 1947.
During Drasco's thriving years, there were 2 stores, a cotton gin, a blacksmith shop, a 5-room school building and 2 churches -- Baptist church is still active. Population never exceeded 30.
The first domed stadium in the world, the Astrodome, was built in Houston in 1965 and hosted numerous sporting events and concerts over the years.