Udston was off Farm Road 229 ten miles northwest of Crockett in western Houston County. It was established in the late 1880s and acquired a post office in 1887 with L. W. Baker as postmaster. At its height around 1890 the settlement comprised a general store, two cotton gins, and a number of houses. The post office was closed in 1894, and by the mid-1930s the town no longer appeared on highway maps.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Christopher Long,
“Udston, TX,”
Handbook of Texas Online,
accessed May 21, 2022,
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/udston-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Original Publication Date:
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May 1, 1995
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Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
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Place
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Udston
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Currently Exists
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No
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Place Type
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Town
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Town Fields
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Has post office:
No
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Is Incorporated:
No
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Associated Names
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Camel
Pine Branch
Telegraph Mills
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Coordinates
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Latitude:
31.34583330°
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Longitude:
-95.63583330°