Sanco

Sanco stood on the site of prehistoric Indian camps in an area where Fort Chadbourne soldiers often skirmished with Indians in the 1850s. It was one of the first settlements and the county's second pioneer post office, established in 1888. The community was named for the Comanche Chief Sanaco, who had regularly camped here with Chief Yellow Wolf. Yellow Wolf, who was killed in a fight with Lipans, is buried nearby. In 1907, a new site was surveyed, and the town was relocated there on Yellow Wolf Creek. The school, post office, store, and blacksmith shop moved to the new site, where a Methodist church was already located.

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