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WATSON, TEXAS

Burnet County, Texas Hill Country

Highway 183 and FM 963
18 miles NE of Burnet the county seat
Population: 98 (2000)

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 Watson, Texas - Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Watson
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2009
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History on a Pinhead

Watson, aka Watson's Store was named for Ed Watson, the man who ran the local store. A school was opened around 1879 and a second school called Pleasant Hill, or Redbud School, was built around 1908. It merged with Briggs schools in the 1930s. The town never developed into a thriving community and the church above and a cemetery are about all that remain today.

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Watson Cemetery gate, Watson Texas
Watson Cemetery entrance
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2009


Watson Cemetery, Watson Texas
Watson Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2009


Watson Cemetery  sign, Watson Texas
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2009
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