Esbon, TX

By: Alice Gray Upchurch

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: January 1, 1995

Esbon, near San Fernando Creek in northwestern Llano County, was originally called Simpson's Bend for five Simpson brothers who settled at the site. The settlement was a post office as early as 1904, and Jeff Harlow, the postmaster, built a gin there by 1914. Esbon reported a store and a population of twenty-five from 1933 to the late 1940s; during the mid-1960s its population was estimated at thirty. In the early 1980s the Esbon community was named on county highway maps, but no buildings were shown at the site.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Alice Gray Upchurch, “Esbon, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 29, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/esbon-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: January 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2022–2023

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Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:

Place

Esbon

Currently Exists

No

Place Type

Town

Town Fields

Has post office: No
Is Incorporated: No

Belongs to

Llano County

Associated Names

Almon

Bristow

Simpson's Bend

Slayden

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.86192600°
Longitude: -98.92180900°

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