Pluck, Texas
Pluck is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States.[1]
Pluck | |
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Nickname(s): Stryker | |
![]() ![]() Pluck Location within the state of Texas ![]() ![]() Pluck Pluck (the United States) | |
Coordinates: 31°0′40.69″N 94°44′36.75″W | |
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County | Polk |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
History
A variant name was "Stryker."[1] A post office called Stryker was established in 1885, and closed in 1913, and a post office called Pluck was in operation from 1918 until 1951.[2] The origin of the name "Pluck" is obscure.[3]
gollark: It's not against the law of the Freeish State of Gollarkia, though.
gollark: Why can't you say? Can you tell me about future stock market trends?
gollark: Give it to GTech to be turned into potatOS computers by self-replicating turtles?
gollark: The future might be better, though, depending on exactly what happens.
gollark: So when *should* you be born, hmm?
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pluck
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.
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