Nemo, Texas

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Nemo is an unincorporated community in eastern Somervell County, Texas (USA). It is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 199 and 200 and had a population of 56 in 1990.

Settlement of the area began in the mid-1800s. Originally called Johnson Station after local settler Jimmie Johnson, residents attempted to receive a post office designation under the same name. The postal authorities, however, suggested a shorter name be used. When the residents met to choose a name, one man argued for the name Nemo, which was Latin for "no one." He also said that if Johnson's name was not good enough, "then no one's was." In 1893, a post office branch under the name Nemo was established.

Nemo's population has never exceeded 60 persons and the community's few students are served by the Glen Rose Independent School District