Terryville,_Texas

Terryville, Texas

Terryville, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Terryville, Texas is a populated place at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 682 and Farm to Market Road 1447 in eastern DeWitt County, Texas.[1][2] It was named after early settlers James Terry and John Terry, who opened a store there in 1852.[1] James D. Terry served as DeWitt County judge from 1883 to 1891.[3]

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During the American Civil War, the community raised a cavalry company for the Confederate States Army.[3]

A post office was established in 1869, the first school was built in 1870, and a Methodist church was established at a site now associated with the Old Terryville Cemetery.[1]

In 1886, Terryville was relocated to a site three miles southeast of its original site, a mile from the Lavaca County line. The Old Terry Cemetery remains at the first townsite.[3]

The town declined after 1900, and its post office was closed in December 1907, and its school in 1952.[1] In 2000, Terryville's population was recorded as 40 residents.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.
  2. [2]
    Lat-Long.com: Terryville, TX, https://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-1380648-Texas-Terryville.doc, last accessed 26 Oct 2029.
  3. [3]
    Travel South Texas: Terryville Texas Historical Marker, http://www.stxmaps.com/go/texas-historical-marker-terryville.doc, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.
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