Truscott is an

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in Knox County,

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. According to the

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, the community had an estimated population of 50. It is located at (33.7542544, -99.8112042), along FM 1756 in north central Knox County, approximately 100 miles north of Abilene. The community was settled in the 1880s and was named after J.J. Truscott, a local pioneer. The population peaked at around 500 in 1940 and declined thereafter. Public education in the community of Truscott is provided by the

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* * Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Texas Populated places established in the 1880s {{KnoxCountyTX-geo-stub