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YARRELLTON,
TEXAS
AKA Yaralton, or YarreltonMilam County,
Central Texas S
FM 1915
9 miles NW of Cameron
SE of Temple
Not on the Texas Official Travel Map
Population:
35
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A
scene in Yarrellton
Photo courtesy Erik Whetstone, 8-04 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
AKA Yaralton, or Yarrelton, the town was formed in the late 1860s
by settlers from Alabama. The town was named to honor Storekeeper
/ Judge Tom Yarrell.
The first classes of the school were held under a brush-arbor in 1876.
A post office opened in 1886. In 1890 the population was 50 and the
town had a gin and two stores.
Yarrellton was once famous for its huge Fourth of July picnics, which
sometimes drew crowds over a thousand people. In 1941 the population
was reported as fifty-eight and its been in a slow decline ever since. |
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