Santo Tomás was a coal-mining town near Laredo in west central Webb County, Texas, United States. The town was founded in 1801 by Antonio Gonzales and was named in honor of Saint Thomas. During the colonial era the land was used primarily for ranching. Pure quality cannel coal was found and extracted in 1873. In June 1882, the narrow-gauge was built to transport the coal. By 1900, the town grew and had a population of approximately 1,000. By 1920, all the mines closed and the population of Santo Tomás decreased to 18. Today, Santo Tomás is a ghost town near the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Santo Tomás was a coal-mining town near Laredo in west central Webb County, Texas, United States. The town was founded in 1801 by Antonio Gonzales and was named in honor of Saint Thomas. During the colonial era the land was used primarily for ranching. Pure quality cannel coal was found and extracted in 1873. In June 1882, the narrow-gauge was built to transport the coal. By 1900, the town grew and had a population of approximately 1,000. By 1920, all the mines closed and the population of Santo Tomás decreased to 18. Today, Santo Tomás is a ghost town near the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge. (en)
|
foaf:name
| |
geo:lat
| |
geo:long
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
sameAs
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
area code
| |
established date
| |
established title
| |
footnotes
| - Nearest Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport ) (en)
|
official name
| |
population total
| |
settlement type
| |
subdivision name
| |
subdivision type
| - Country (en)
- State (en)
- County (en)
|
timezone
| |
timezone DST
| |
utc offset
| |
utc offset DST
| |
georss:point
| - 27.744166666666665 -99.75138888888888
|
has abstract
| - Santo Tomás was a coal-mining town near Laredo in west central Webb County, Texas, United States. The town was founded in 1801 by Antonio Gonzales and was named in honor of Saint Thomas. During the colonial era the land was used primarily for ranching. Pure quality cannel coal was found and extracted in 1873. In June 1882, the narrow-gauge was built to transport the coal. By 1900, the town grew and had a population of approximately 1,000. By 1920, all the mines closed and the population of Santo Tomás decreased to 18. Today, Santo Tomás is a ghost town near the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge. (en)
|
gold:hypernym
| |
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
area code
| |
population total
| |
UTC offset
| |
country
| |
subdivision
| |
type
| |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
geo:geometry
| - POINT(-99.751388549805 27.744167327881)
|
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
of | |
is Wikipage redirect
of | |
is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |