unincorporated community
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U.S. state
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of
Texas
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. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 10 in 2000.
History
The Nowlin Family donated land for a Church of Christ to be built on, and in 1915, erected a brush arbor. Roy “Dogie” Wilson named the community Skeeterville in 1920 because his horse was attacked by
mosquito
Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a Family (biology), family of small Diptera, flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word ''mosquito'' (formed by ''Musca (fly), mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish and Portuguese for ''little fly''. Mos ...
s whenever they would cross the marshy ground. He established a store and gas station in 1927. R.C. Phillips moved his store here from Holt in 1922. A church was built shortly after
World War II
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. A church and a business were located in Skeeterville in 1984 and the community had 10 residents as of 2000.
Geography
Skeeterville is located on Old Bowser Road on the banks of Wilbarger Creek, north of Richland Springs in northwestern San Saba County.
Education
Skeeterville did not have a school, so children went to school in either Richland Springs or Locker. Today, the community is served by the
Richland Springs Independent School District
Richland Springs Independent School District is a public school district based in Richland Springs, Texas ( USA).
The district has one school, Richland Springs School that serves students in grades kindergarten through twelve.
Academic ach ...