Texans Forget Their Own History. Remember the--oh,what was it they were supposed to remember? Not Vigo, Texas

History in a Pecan Shell

The towns name comes from Vigo and Parke counties in Indiana – the former homes of the settlers recruited by the Indiana-Texas Land Company. The company had purchased a large tract of the JA Ranch and developed it around 1906. A post office was granted in 1907 under “Vio” - an apparent misspelling of Vigo. In 1908 the word Park was added.

Vigo Park never got a railroad, but wells helped the residents irrigate their property and the town managed to hold its own, although the population was only 40 in 1940.

"The School opened in 1918 and boasted up to 100 students at it's peak. It closed in 1947. The building was restored recently by the residents of Vigo Park." - David Higgins 


I think you will find that the name was bestowed on his plot of land by my Cousin John Pruitt as a daily reminder that in 1851-52 he was imprisoned in Vigo, Spain, where he might well have been executed for being part of Lopez's expedition to "free" Cuba. Cousin John had a sense of humor. 

This morning some time the number  will print and some time it will not ----EIGHT WILL NOT PRINT.  Well, I work in the 19th century.