Just west of Taylor on U.S. 79, I noticed a sign that said, “Frame Switch.” I caught that sign coming back, too, and was curious because it looks just like the signs that announce the little towns along the route. Except this sign doesn’t show the population.

Google is a wonderful thing. I learned that Frame Switch was a small stock raising community formed in the late 1800s. It was named for the father of some rancher’s wife. From 1933 up to 2000, the census reported a population of 20 people. Based on the short distance between the highway signs, I’d say that the town isn’t very big. If there are still 20 people living there, I can’t see where they’d live.

The great thing about searching for Frame Switch, TX is all the spam links that came up. There are links for real estate listings, apartment locators, movers, private investigators, used cars, jobs, pest control, and that’s just on the first page of results. I realize that many of those sites provide links to services in surrounding communities, but if you click on some of them all you get is a page of ads, devoid of relevant content.

I suppose I’m too easily amused.