Tesnus, Texas

Tesnus is an unincorporated community in Brewster County, in the U.S. state of Texas.

History

Tesnus was laid out in 1882 when the Southern Pacific Railroad was extended to that point.^[1] Tesnus (sunset spelled backwards) was so named on account of a sunset appearing in the logo of the Southern Pacific Railroad.^[2] A post office was established at Tesnus in 1912, and remained in operation until 1954.^[3]

References

↑ Tesnus, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tesnus, Texas
↑ "Brewster County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Brewster County, Texas, United States

County seat: Alpine

City	Alpine

CDPs	Marathon Study Butte Terlingua

Other unincorporated communities	Altuda Boquillas Castolon Glenn Springs Haymond Hovey Lajitas Lenox Rosenfeld Tesnus Titley Toronto Warwick

Annexed former counties	Buchel Foley

Coordinates: 30°07′06″N 102°53′53″W / 30.11833°N 102.89806°W / 30.11833; -102.89806

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