Redtown, Texas

Redtown, Texas
Unincorporated community
Redtown
Redtown
Coordinates: 31°32′3.67″N 95°40′55.64″W / 31.5343528°N 95.6821222°W / 31.5343528; -95.6821222Coordinates: 31°32′3.67″N 95°40′55.64″W / 31.5343528°N 95.6821222°W / 31.5343528; -95.6821222
Country United States
State Texas
County Anderson
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 2033919[1]

Redtown is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas, United States.[1] It had a population of 30 in 2000.[2]

History

The settlement may have been founded in the 1900s. County maps from 1936 showed a church, school, businesses, and numerous homes and farms in the area. A church and business still existed in the 1980s.[2]

Geography

Redtown is located on Farm to Market Road 319, about 16 mi (26 km) southwest of Palestine in the extreme southwestern portion of Anderson County.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redtown
  2. 1 2 Redtown, TX (Anderson County) from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. "Anderson County" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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