The name "Rancho" was the first name given to the developing Nixon settlement as a ranching culture developed. Some of the earliest open range branding codes in Texas originated here in 1866, as local stockmen were gathering cattle herds to be driven to northern markets by Rancho cowboys. These codes facilitated the system of marking and tracking the cattle that mingled together in open, unfenced ranges. A post office was officially established in 1855, and Rancho grew to have several businesses, as well as a school and two churches.
the name "rancho" was the first name given to the developing nixon settlement as a ranching culture developed some of the earliest open range branding codes in texas originated here in 1866 as local stockmen were gathering cattle herds to be driven to northern markets by rancho cowboys these codes facilitated the system of marking and tracking the cattle that mingled together in open unfenced ranges a post office was officially established in 1855 and rancho grew to have several businesses as well as a school and two churches