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Prairie
Valley Church in Plum
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2003 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally called Plum Grove, it is the second oldest established
community in Fayette County, having been settled as early land grants
to Andrew Castleman in 1828 and John Cooke in 1831. Original settlers
were Tennesseans. The Plum Baptist Church was the first Baptist church
in Texas west of the Colorado River.
In 1880 a post office was established, and by 1900 the community was
thriving with every essential business and even its own doctor. By
1950 the population had grown to 280. By the 1980s the population
had declined to less than 100 but the town still retained its post
office. The former town center remains, allthough the post office
has moved in recent years to a non-descript modular box on the highway.
In 2004 a piano restoration company occupies downtown Plum. |
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The Plum Post Office as it appeared in 1939
Photo Courtesy La Grange Chamber of Commerce |
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