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FROG, TEXAS
Kaufman
County
Frog, Texas is a former African-American community founded in the
last years of the 19th Century. It can be found just south of Highway
80, 7 miles E of Terrell on FM 316.
According to the Handbook of Texas, some of the town’s first residents
had been employed by the railroad.
Founding families included the Stephenses and Starlings and in the
1930 and 40s, these two families populated 28 of the 36 houses that
formed the community. Frog (whose namesake is said to be a family
surname), had Baptist and Pentecostal churches as well as a school
and store. In the 1990s Frog got an infusion of new residents, although
the Baptist Church had since relocated to Terrell.
The Pentecostal church, still holds services.
No photos of Frog, Texas were available as of this writing. |
The Frog in Frognot
Photo Courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
Frognot’s history
is not known. Other than the standpipe,
there is no town center or any signs of a community. It may be a Municipal
Utility District or a water district.
Photographer’s Note:
“Frognot's not there. This is all there is.” - Mike
Price, October 2007 |
Frognot Standpipe
Photo Courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
Frognot Water
Supply
Photo Courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
Frognot, Texas
Area Destinations:
The ghost town
Richard, TX is
on FM 981 about 7-8 miles east of Blue
Ridge, and only 2-3 miles east of Frognot (which also lies on
FM 981). - Matthew Todd, January 26, 2007 |
Subject:
Frognot
Frognot Water Supply Corporation has a website with History of Frognot,
TX. You can find it at www.frognotwsc.com - Lydia M.V. Brandt, January
12, 2012 |
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