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BUTLER,
TEXASBastrop County,
Central
Texas S
Old Mc Dade Road and FM 696
(Off Hwy 290)
5 Miles
E of Elgin
6 Miles W of McDade
20
Miles N of Bastrop
Population:
Unknown |
History
on a PinheadButler
dates from the early 1870s with the arrival of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad,
but there was no pressing need for a post office. No one bothered to keep track
of the population either. The major industry in the region was brick-making.
The
1930 census reported 107 residents – and that figure remained in place through
WWII. It rose to a peak
of 150 people in the late 1940s and that figure stood until the late 1960s. It
has managed to remain on most maps throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. |
| 1920s
Bastrop County map showing Butler (E of Elgin,
N of Bastrop.) Courtesy Texas General
Land Office | |
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