ELM, TEXAS (Limestone County). Elm, in western Limestone County, was probably established in the late 1860s or early 1870s by former slaves from nearby farms. A small school served as the main focus of the community. No evidence of Elm appeared on county maps by the 1940s.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Walter F. Cotton, History of Negroes of Limestone County from 1860 to 1939 (Mexia, Texas: Chatman and Merriwether, 1939).
