Flower Hill is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
Flower Hill, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 29°57′54″N 97°07′53″W / 29.96500°N 97.13139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bastrop |
| Elevation | 344 ft (105 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 512 & 737 |
History
editFounded by emancipated slaves, the town is one of 13 known "Freedom Colonies," in the county.[1] In the 1940s, a church, a cemetery and several houses marked the town on county highway maps. By the 1980s, only the cemetery remained.[2]
Geography
editIt is located three miles southeast of Smithville,[2] 19 miles southeast of the town of Bastrop and 49 miles southeast of Austin.
Education
editIn 1907, Flower Hill had a one-teacher school for fifty-four black students. When a district system was created in 1921, the school was probably absorbed by the Smithville Independent School District.[2] The community continues to be served by Smithville ISD today.
References
edit- ^ Sitton, Thad; Conrad, James H. (2005). Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow (Print on demand ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-292-70642-2.
- ^ a b c Flower Hill, TX (Bastrop County) from the Handbook of Texas Online