Branchville, Texas
Branchville, Texas | |
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  Branchville  Branchville | |
| Coordinates: 30°53′4″N 96°45′50″W / 30.88444°N 96.76389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Milam |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 512 & 737 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1379455[1] |
Branchville is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000.
Geography
[edit]Branchville is located on Farm to Market Road 485, 13 mi (21 km) east of Cameron in eastern Milam County.[2]
Education
[edit]Branchville had its own school in 1896. There was a school with one teacher and 30 White students and two one-teacher schools for 133 Black students in 1903. It had only two schools in the 1940s. They joined the Cameron Independent School District in the early 1970s.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Arthur Bryant, Kansas City barbecue icon who operated Arthur Bryant's and is buried in Branchville.[3]
- Shad Fenniel, who killed five people and injured another five during a home invasion on July 3, 1914.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Branchville, Texas
- ^ a b Branchville, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ Lakeland Ledger, Dec 29, 1982, Arthur Bryant, barbeque king (Obit.) Retrieved May 2012
- ^ Negro kills 8 with a short handled axe, The Newark Advocate (July 3, 1914)
– Kills eight for revenge, The New York Times (July 4, 1914)
– Kills eight with an ax, The Washington Post (July 4, 1914)
– Negro kills 8 negroes, The Daily Advocate (July 4, 1914)
– Four Negroes Dead; Five are Wounded; Slayer Escaped, Cameron Herald (July 9, 1914)
– Two negroes killed and seven may die, The Galveston Daily News (July 4, 1914)
– Five negroes were killed, Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light (July 7, 1914)
– Negro desperado is shot and killed, The Galveston Daily News (February 22, 1915)
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |