Tokio is an unincorporated communityinTerry County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 24 in 2000.[1] The town was named after the capital city of Japan with the same name. The town of Tokio was founded in 1908, and relocated a mile south to the current location in 1928 when U.S. Highway 380 was redirected. Although reaching a population of at least 125 residents in the 1940s, Tokio is now largely abandoned.[2] A historical marker stands in front of the old Tokio School.[3]
Another Texas community named Tokio (also called Wiggins) is located in McLennan County, near West, Texas.[4]
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33°10′53″N 102°16′31″W / 33.18139°N 102.27528°W / 33.18139; -102.27528
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