Noodle is a small town in Texas. Settled in 1882 by a shepherd named Anderson Criswell, Noodle, Texas grew and eventually had a Post Office, Store, blacksmith shop, garage, two churches, and a gin, (is that a bar? Let me know).
In Noodle, the children were taught that the name of the town came from a native scout who was looking for water. He found a dry creekbed just north of the townsite, and in his language Noodle meant dry, so Noodle, TX, translates to Dry, TX. We don’t know if he ever found any water.
My family settled in Noodle, Texas over a 100 years ago. My dad was on the Noodle School board when it closed. My older brother, younger sister and myself were in school there when it closed. The Noodle School closed at the end of the school year in 1973.