Adkins, Texas
Encyclopedia
Adkins is an unincorporated area
in eastern Bexar County
, Texas
, United States
. It lies on FM 1518
, about 1 mile north of the Texas Pride Restaurant.
, but the post office and postal area are curiously still called Adkins, even though almost nothing of the original town now remains. Adkins is home to Texas Pride BBQ, which was featured on the Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives."
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in eastern Bexar County
Bexar County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies on FM 1518
Farm to Market Road 1518
Farm to Market Road 1518 is a farm-to-market road in the Greater San Antonio, Texas area.-Route description:The southern terminus of FM 1518 is at a junction with Loop 1604 in the southeastern Bexar County town of Adkins. It continues north through the town of St. Hedwig and crosses Interstate 10...
, about 1 mile north of the Texas Pride Restaurant.
History
The town of Adkins was named for William Adkins Jones who donated land for a flag station on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway in the late 1800s. He also owned a General store and was the first Adkins postmaster when a post office was established there in 1896. In the Early 1900s the town had a population of 100, 2 churches, and a school. But as the rail line was closed and the major highways passed the town by, the population steadily declined and in 1915 the Adkins post office was moved to the nearby town of SayersSayers, Texas
Sayers is a small unincorporated town located at the intersection of U.S. Route 87 and FM 1628 in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
, but the post office and postal area are curiously still called Adkins, even though almost nothing of the original town now remains. Adkins is home to Texas Pride BBQ, which was featured on the Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives."