The one-time settlement was located in the land grant belonging to Old Three Hundred settler John Huff near an important north–south trail.

The notice declared that lots were for sale in the town of Preston by D. D. D. Baker, John Huff and Charles DeMorse.

Baker was a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, Huff owned the original land grant as one of the Old Three Hundred and DeMorse was a Matagorda attorney.

[2] The town site was located in the John Huff league about 8 miles (13 km) south of Wharton near present-day FM 1096.

[3] South of Iago, FM 1096 heads straight southwest, curving northwest before intersecting with Farm to Market Road 3012.