Flower Hill, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States
29°57′54″N 97°07′53″W / 29.96500°N 97.13139°W / 29.96500; -97.13139CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBastropElevation
344 ft (105 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)512 & 737

Flower Hill is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

History

Founded 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

It is located three miles southeast of Smithville,[2] 19 miles southeast of the town of Bastrop and 49 miles southeast of Austin.

Education

In 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Flower Hill, TX (Bastrop County) from the Handbook of Texas Online
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