Flower Hill, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States

Flower Hill, Texas

Ghost town

Flower Hill

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Coordinates: 29°57′54″N 97°07′53″W﻿ / ﻿29.96500°N 97.13139°W﻿ / 29.96500; -97.13139
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Bastrop
Elevation

| 344 ft (105 m)
Time zone| UTC-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

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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

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

## Education

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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

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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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Municipalities and communities of Bastrop County, Texas, United States

County seat: Bastrop

Cities|

* Bastrop
* Elgin‡
* Mustang Ridge‡
* Smithville

Bastrop County map

CDPs|

* Camp Swift
* Cedar Creek
* Circle D-KC Estates
* McDade
* Paige
* Red Rock
* Rosanky
* Wyldwood

Other
communities|

* Alum Creek
* Bateman
* Butler
* Colorado
* Elysium
* Hills Prairie
* Jeddo
* Kovar
* Pettytown‡
* Rockne
* Salem
* Sayersville
* Snailbrook
* String Prairie
* Swiftex
* Upton
* Utley
* Watterson

Ghost towns|

* Flower Hill
* Grassyville
* McDuff
* Oak Hill
* Phelan
* Pin Oak
* Sand

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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