Echo, Coleman County, Texas

Echo is an unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 16 in 2000.

History

The area in what is known as Echo today developed around a store established there in the 1870s. William Dibrell bought a land grant from the Miles and Gholson Ranch in 1881 for the community and named it Echo for the echo that people would hear from a cliff on Home Creek. A post office was established at Echo in 1910 and served 75 residents in 1940. It went down to 16 from 1970 through 2000.

Geography

Echo is located on Texas State Highway 206, northeast of Coleman and southwest of Cross Plains in central Coleman County.

Education

Echo had its own school in 1940. Today, Echo is served by the Coleman Independent School District.