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BONNIE VIEW, TEXAS


Refugio County, Texas Gulf Coast

FM 629
S of Refugio the county seat
4-5 miles S of Woodsboro
Population: 135 est. (2000) 25 (1990)

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Bonnie View TX,  Refugio County -
Bonnie View
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, January 2010

History on a Pinhead

Rancher John Howland Wood owned the Bonnie View Ranch here before it was split into smaller plots (1907-08) to provide farms for arriving immigrants

The community that sprang up included a school, cotton gin and store (as well as one pool hall). The town seems to have survived the boll weevil, the Great Depression but not, perhaps, the postwar rural exodus. In the late 1940s Bonnie View was down to just a few farms served by two businesses.

By the 1990 census there were just 25 residents but the nineties were kind to Bonnie View and the 2000 census reported a quintupling (plus) to 135 residents.
Photographer's Note:
Farm country & some ranching as well. Mostly cotton, maize, & corn. - William Beauchamp

Bonnie View TX School cornerstone,  Refugio County
Bonnie View School cornerstone
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, January 2010
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 Bonnie View TX  - Refugio County, country road
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, January 2010


Bonnie View TX  - cotton picking town
"The Best Little Cotton Picking Town in Texas"?
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, January 2010
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Bonnie View, Texas Nearby Towns:
Refugio the county seat
Woodsboro
Corpus Christi

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