Editing Potosi, Texas (section)

==History==
The first settlers in the area were the Pollard family in the 1870s. In 1893, R.A. Pollard applied for a post office and chose the name Potosi after the [[Mexico|Mexican]] city of [[San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí|San Luis Potosí]].<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> An estimated 100 inhabitants were living in the community in 1896. By 1940, 80 residents, a school, a church, four businesses, and a number of dwellings were there. In 1949, Potosi's school consolidated with the [[Wylie Independent School District (Taylor County, Texas)|Wylie Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://m.reporternews.com/news/2006/Jan/27/wylie-isd-started-with-only-13-students | title = Wylie ISD started with only 13 students | newspaper = Abilene Reporter-News | date = 2006-01-27 | access-date = 2009-01-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715174127/http://m.reporternews.com/news/2006/Jan/27/wylie-isd-started-with-only-13-students/ | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The population declined to 20 during the 1950s, and rose to 149 in 1968. Significant growth in the area, aided by its proximity to Abilene, began to occur in the late 1980s, and by 1992, 1,441 people were living in Potosi.<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> That growth has continued to date, as new subdivisions are being constructed and expanded along FM 1750, the main route through Potosi. They include Deerwood, Pack Saddle Prairie, Blackhawk Estates, Pack Saddle Farms, Seven Winds, and Pack Saddle Meadows.