CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – The Cherokee County Historical Commission unveiled an Official Texas Historical Marker for the former community of Landrum on Saturday.

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According to the Texas State Historical Association, Landrum was a post office community seven miles west of Alto that was first settled in the 1880’s.

The town had a post office which was discontinued in 1906 and a store that was closed after that and by the 1930’s the town no longer appeared on maps.

The store and post office were at the sight of a now empty pasture near County Road 2909 and County Road 2915, according to the Cherokee County Historical Commission.

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