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History in
a Pecan Shell
In a Texas Revolutionary footnote, Sandy Point is believed to be
where Mexican General Cos learned of Santa Ana's defeat at San
Jacinto. The most noteworthy site in the area is the cemetery
which had once been part of a huge plantation. Revolutionary soldiers,
survivors of the Mier Expedition and Civil War troops are interred
here.
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What
remains of a state historical marker.
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine , July 2007 |
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The community
had its own post office from 1854 through 1930. The population in
the mid 1880s was a healthy 250 residents. Sugar refining and cotton
ginning were the economic engines. It declined to a mere 100 by
1914 but rose again to 200 where it stayed until after WWII.
It fell to less than 100 in the late 1940s and then to a mere 30
by 1970 - the same figure that is used for the 2000 census.
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