Darden is a
ghost town in
Bowie County
Bowie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,893. Bowie County is part of the Texarkana metropolitan s ...
,
Texas, United States.
History
Darden was originally called Brownstone for Randolph H. Brown and was established on the
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", is a former Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Ten ...
in the late 1890s. A post office was established at Darden in 1911 and remained in operation until 1927. Its name was changed to Darden in 1917. There was a store and 10 residents in 1940 with mail being delivered from nearby
Bassett. Only scattered dwellings remained in 1984.
Geography
Darden was located off
U.S. Highway 67
U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues so ...
, southwest of
Boston in southwestern Bosque County. It lies in the low hills of the Sulphur Fork of the
Red River of the South
The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major river in the Southern United States. It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name ...
.
Bassett is also located northeast of Darden.
Education
Darden is located within the
Simms Independent School District
Simms Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Simms, Texas, Simms, Texas (United States, USA).
The district has three campuses - James Bowie High (Grades 9-12), James Bowie Middle (Grades 6-8), and James ...
.
References
Ghost towns in Texas
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