Flynn, Texas, Leon County. (original) (raw)

Protecting and serving in Flynn
Flynn Grocery & Feed store
TE photo, May 2001

History in a Pecan Shell

Flynn was named after Edward J. Flynn who was a railroad official and probably never set foot in town. The railroad (Trinity and Brazos Valley) came through in 1906 and they got a post office in 1909.

We have no idea how they got their mail before the post office - maybe the Railway Post Office just threw it off the train and the residents found it the next morning.

There was a two-story school and a two-story hotel in Flynn at one time in its history, but no evidence is standing today. The 20s were a prosperous time for Flynn. It had a leather shop, caf�, phone office, lumberyard, chair factory, ice-house and a grist-mill, as well as the previously mentioned school.

Today the population is less than 100 and the one store seems to be a gathering place for Flynn residents.

A former business in Flynn
TE photo, May 2001

Martha and Jesse Brinkley
Courtesy Brinkley Family Archive

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