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]
Geographyedit
It is located three miles southeast of Smithville,[2] 19 miles southeast of the town of Bastrop and 49 miles southeast of Austin.
Educationedit
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.
Referencesedit
^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. ISBN978-0-292-70642-2.
flower, hill, texas, flower, hill, ghost, town, bastrop, county, texas, united, states, located, within, greater, austin, metropolitan, area, ghost, townflower, hillshow, texasflower, hillshow, united, statescoordinates, 96500, 13139, 96500, 13139countryunited. Flower Hill is a ghost town in Bastrop County Texas United States It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area Flower Hill TexasGhost townFlower HillShow map of TexasFlower HillShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 29 57 54 N 97 07 53 W 29 96500 N 97 13139 W 29 96500 97 13139CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBastropElevation344 ft 105 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code s 512 amp 737 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 ReferencesHistory editFounded 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 editIt is located three miles southeast of Smithville 2 19 miles southeast of the town of Bastrop and 49 miles southeast of Austin Education editIn 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 edit 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 a b c Flower Hill TX Bastrop County from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flower Hill Texas amp oldid 1191240769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
