Reedville, Texas

Reedville is an unincorporated community in Caldwell County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

Reedville, Texas
Unincorporated community
Reedville
Reedville
Coordinates: 29°52′47″N 97°50′47″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCaldwell
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)512 & 737
GNIS feature ID1345006[1]

History

William Pettus was given a land grant by the Mexican government in 1831. Soon after, Jonathan Ellison purchased 1,400 acres (570 ha) of land from Pettus at an auction held in 1846, and it went to Ellison's children after he died in 1878. His daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Ellison, married Major A. Reed, a Confederate cavalryman. The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad laid tracks through his farm and the community became a shipping port for cotton in 1887. A post office was established at Reedville in 1890, and remained in operation until 1918. A cornmill, gin, and general store were located in the settlement in 1896, and it had a population of 100. In the late 1940s, there were only two buildings and several scattered buildings in the community. There was a gin, a community hall, a few homes, two mobile home parks, and a cemetery in Reedville in the 1990s. The cemetery was maintained by a church in nearby Martindale called the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.[2]

Geography

Reedville is located on Farm to Market Road 1984, 10 mi (16 km) west of Lockhart in the extreme western part of Caldwell County.[2]

Education

In 1905, Reedville had two schools that had a combined total of three teachers and 102 students. They then joined with the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in neighboring Hays County in 1949.[2] The community is still served by the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reedville, Texas
  2. Reedville, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
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