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ZABCIKVILLE, TEXAS. Zabcikville is at the intersection of State Highway 53 and Farm roads 2269 and 437, ten miles east of Temple in eastern Bell County. It was founded on Possum Creek by John Zabcik and other Czech families in the early twentieth century. In 1940 Zabcikville had sixty inhabitants and three businesses. The community peaked at eighty inhabitants and four businesses in 1949, then declined to thirty-eight inhabitants by 1990 where it remained in 2000.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Temple Daily Telegram, April 17, 1936.

 




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