Barado
Barado was located eight miles southeast of Huntsville on what is now
Farm Road 2296. The village served the region surrounding Kelly's Switch
on the Great Northern Railroad. The switch was located a mile north of
the present intersection of Farm Road 2296 and U.S. Highway 75 and
served the sawmill operated nearby by John F. Kelly, Jr., and Hervey
Kelly. Barado was established in 1893 and had a population of fifteen in
1896. At one time the community had a store and a school. The post
office was in operation from 1892 until 1912. In later years a boiler
explosion at the mill killed John Kelly, and the mill was closed. By the
1930s nothing remained in the area except the ruins of the old mill. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/barado-tx
Texas Almanac
https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/barado
Texas Escapes
http://www.texasescapes.com/EastTexasTowns/Barado-Texas.htm
Portal to Texas History
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/locations/p03285/