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 Elroy
N 30° 07.465 W 097° 38.295
14R E 631179 N 3333354
Historical marker for the community of Elroy, once remote and bucolic, now on the cusp of change associated with the Circuit of the Americas
Waymark Code: WMTJ77
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2016
Views: 6
This historic marker is located in front of the Elroy public library on FM 812, a few miles from the Circuit of the Americas.
Marker Number: 15117
Marker Text:
Swedish and German immigrants began to settle in this area in the 1890s. A post office was established in 1898, and by 1918 there were about 70 families in the area. The community, whose economy was based on cotton farming, consisted of homes, farms, a school, four cotton gins, a blacksmith shop, general store, and three Swedish churches with cemeteries. After a period of decline beginning in the 1930s. The school was consolidated with the Del Valle school district, and the churches disbanded. Renewed settlement and revitalization of the area began in the 1970s. (1991)
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