Fluvanna, Texas
Fluvanna is an unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies just south of the Llano Estacado, high atop the caprock, where Farm to Market Road 1269 and Farm to Market Road 612 intersect.
Fluvanna | |
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Downtown Fluvanna | |
Fluvanna Fluvanna | |
| Coordinates: 32°53′08″N 101°08′55″W / 32.88556°N 101.14861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Scurry |
| Region | West Texas |
| Established | 1908 |
| Elevation | 2,674 ft (815 m) |
| Population (2000)[2] | |
| • Total | 180 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Website | Handbook of Texas |
Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia.[3] Fluvanna was established by realty promoters[4] who knew where the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway would terminate to satisfy its charter's 50-miles-of-line requirement.[5]
Fluvanna's importance lessened when the railroad closed the station in 1941 and major highways bypassed the area.[3] The population dropped from a high of 500 in 1915 to 180 in the 2000 Census.[2] The post office has closed in Fluvanna, yet the area still retains the 79517 zip code. Several wind power generation companies (i.e.: GE) have office and shop locations in town, there is one convenience store, but no gas station in Fluvanna.
Gallery edit
- Fluvanna Post Office
- Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, Texas
- Farm-to-market road 1269
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Fluvanna". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b Census 2000 Data for the State of Texas, https://www.census.gov/census2000/states/tx.html
- ^ a b Handbook of Texas Online, "Fluvanna, TX", https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlf18 (accessed January 27, 2009).
- ^ Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. Historical Markers in Scurry County. Published by Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. 1969. First Edition.
- ^ "The Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway", https://sites.google.com/site/roscoesnyderpacific/home/history/ (accessed June 19, 2019)
External links edit
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fluvanna
- Fluvanna, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado