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PINE ISLAND, TEXAS

Waller County, Central Texas South

30°3'48"N 96°1'23"W (30.063433, -96.022968)
1 Mile S of Highway 290
Near FM 359 & FM 3346 intersection
5 Miles SW of Waller
5 Miles SE of Hempstead the county seat
Population: 1,100 Est. (2016)
988 (2010) 849 (2000) 571 (1990)

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Pine Island  Baptist Church, Pine Island TX
Pine Island Baptist Church
The original part of the building dates back to 1900.

Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, July 2005
History on a Pinhead

Settled late (in the 1880s), the nucleus of the town was the Pine Island Baptist Church. The community’s first school opened in 1893.

The community’s proximity to Hempstead and Waller curbed its growth and by 1979 the town’s population was a mere 200. After incorporation (1980) the population doubled and by the 2000 census it had redoubled to reach 849 residents.
Pine Island  Baptist Church, Pine Island TX
This sign is along FM 359, about four miles SE of Hempstead, TX
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, July 2005
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Pine Island, Texas Nearby Towns:
Hempstead the county seat
Waller
Brenham
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