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FLAT PRAIRIE, TEXAS


Texas Ghost Town
Washington County, Central Texas South

FM 594 and FM 1948
1 Mile S of Lake Somerville
About 20 Miles SW of Somerville
About 20 Miles NW of Brenham
Population: Unknown

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History on a Pinhead

Although no population figures are available, the community did have a post office from the Spring of 1913 through the Fall of 1914. Thereafter the mail was delivered through Burton. Scattered residences and a church and cemetery are the only signs of the former community.

Washington County Texas 1920s map
1920s Washington County map showing Flatprairie
(Above "W-A" in "W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N")
(NW of Brenham, NE of Burton)

Courtesy Texas General Land Office



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Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park
FM 390 - La Bahia Scenic Highway

Flat Prairie, Texas Nearby Towns:
Brenham the county seat
See Washington County
Central Texas South

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