WATSON BRANCH, TX

WATSON BRANCH, TEXAS. Watson Branch is near the Milam-Lee county line nine miles southeast of Thorndale in southern Milam County. In 1903 Watson Branch had a one-teacher school with fifty-eight students. The school was consolidated with the Thorndale Independent School District in 1950. A community hall marked the location of Watson Branch on county highway maps in the 1980s.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 

Milam County Heritage Preservation Society, Matchless Milam: History of Milam County (Dallas: Taylor, 1984).

Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl

Citation

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Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "WATSON BRANCH, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvw14), accessed May 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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