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Transportation, Architecture
Historic Place
MKT Depot (Gone)
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About this site
MKT Depot (Gone) is a historic place in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 81 historic places documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1110, -97.3128 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 1308 Fayette St. (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include House at 1105 Hill St., Wilkes, Minnie, House, and Mina - Bastrop Pioneers Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2078003354. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The MKT Depot in Bastrop was the town's passenger and freight station on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, the line popularly known as the 'Katy' that pushed rail service through Central Texas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The depot was included in Bastrop's National Register of Historic Places listing of December 22, 1978. The structure has since been demolished and no longer survives.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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