Rutersville is an unincorporated community in central Fayette County, Texas, United States.[1] Rutersville College was located in the community during the mid-19th century, with Rutersville developing alongside the school. Both were named for Methodist missionary Martin Ruter, who had been instrumental in the college's founding before his death.[2]
Robert and Mary Munger invented the Munger system of cotton ginning in the late 1870s. At the time, they were operating Robert's father's cotton gin in Rutersville.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rutersville, Texas
- ^ Custer, Judson S. "Rutersville College". www.tshaonline.org. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ Mann, Sally (2016). Hold still : a memoir with photographs. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 314–319. ISBN 978-0-316-24775-7.
External links
edit- RUTERSVILLE, TX Handbook of Texas Online
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