Kirvin, Texas, Freestone County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Judge O. C. Kirvin is the towns namesake. It was he who donated land for the railroad (the Trinity and Brazos Valley) when it arrive about 1905. The town was granted a post office in 1907 and Kirvin was incorporated in 1911. Three years later, the population was a respectable 800 people, however by the mid 1920s there were less than 300. By the late 1960s it was down to less than 100, increasing somewhat to 122 for the 2000 census.

The 1874 Woods Chapel Primitive Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007

Woods Chapel Primitive Baptist Church marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007

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