Realitos

Realitos is on Macho Creek and the Texas-Mexican Railway twelve miles southwest of Benavides in south central Duval County. It was established on the former Santos Garc?a Spanish land grant and in 1885 was described as "a settlement, also a ranch." A post office was established there in 1886 with Charles Shaw as postmaster. By 1890 Realitos had a Methodist church, two general stores, and a population of 400. Two years later the population was an estimated 800, and the town supported two churches, a school, two saloons, a cotton gin, and a combination barber and confectioner's shop. During the 190607 school year fifty pupils attended the Realitos school.