Bonnie View, Texas, Refugio County. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

Rancher John Howland Wood owned the Bonnie View Ranch here before it was split into smaller plots (1907-08) to provide farms for arriving immigrants

The community that sprang up included a school, cotton gin and store (as well as one pool hall). The town seems to have survived the boll weevil, the Great Depression but not, perhaps, the postwar rural exodus. In the late 1940s Bonnie View was down to just a few farms served by two businesses.

By the 1990 census there were just 25 residents but the nineties were kind to Bonnie View and the 2000 census reported a quintupling (plus) to 135 residents.

Texas Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories, landmarks and recent or vintage photos, please contact us.