Flat Prairie, Texas, or Flatprairie, Texas. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

Although no population figures are available, the community did have a post office from the Spring of 1913 through the Fall of 1914. Thereafter the mail was delivered through Burton. Scattered residences and a church and cemetery are the only signs of the former community.

1920s Washington County map showing Flatprairie
(Above "W-A" in "W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N")
(NW of Brenham, NE of Burton)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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