Gay hill tx

All Rights Reserved. Gay Hill is a historic town with strong business and cultural ties to Independence, Texas.

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In Gay Hill had a population of about Gay Hill had a respectable population of persons in with ten businesses. Washington County. Once known as Chriesman Settlement - the name was changed when the Republic of Texas established a post office in the town sometime before You’ll find Gay Hill’s historic remains in Washington County, Texas, where this community flourished from the s through the late s.

Ranching replaced cotton production and Brenham siphoned off Gay Hill population. Initially settled during Stephen F. Austin’s colonization, the town grew around Glenblythe Plantation and the Live Oak Female Seminary. Texas Towns A - Z. Brenham Hotels More Hotels.

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Home ». [2]. Gay Hill is located on Farm to Market Roadtwelve miles north-west of Brenham in Washington County. Residents included Horatio Chriesman, R. Baylor, and John Sayles. Once known as Chriesman Settlement - the name was changed when the Republic of Texas established a post office in the town sometime before Thomas Gay, a partner in the local store was the namesake of the town.

The arrival of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in brought brief prosperity, but the rail path’s.

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By there were only people and in the s it was an estimated The last store in Gay Hill closed in TE Photo, This community grew around a plantation dating back to the Republic of Texas. A third Gay Hill once existed in Milam County seven miles west of Rockdale but has since disappeared without a trace.

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