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Brownsboro – Clear
Fork ~ ca 1848
A stage from Gonzales passed by Clear Fork to the Micenheimer (sic) farm and
delivered mail to the residents. As a result of this stop, a post office was
opened in 1855 with Thomas Burkhead as postmaster; however, it lasted only a
year. The residents continued receiving mail until the 1870s.
A school was established and originally met in the church; later a log cabin
was constructed using split logs for the seats and desks. By 1879 there were 51
pupils in attendance.
Mr. Wm. Mooney established a grist mill on the Clear Fork; two Brown brothers
started a grocery store, and a blacksmith shop began operating. A cotton gin was
erected close to Robert Brown's farm, and a Dr. John Dickerson established a
medical practice. The community that grew up around the church was named for R.
A. Brown.
In the 1920s the community's economy received a boost from the discovery of
oil in nearby fields. Brownsboro had a store, a gin, and a school, in addition
to the church, to serve about fifty families. In the 1930s the community had a
semiprofessional baseball team.
Brownsboro began to fade in the 1940s, when the population fell to
twenty-five. Area children attended the nearby Oakland school until it was
consolidated with the Lockhart Independent School District in 1949. A few
scattered houses remained at the site of Brownsboro in the 1980s. Descendants of
the original settlers still reside in the community.
Sources The Plum Creek Almanac is a project of
The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County.
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of Caldwell County Copyright
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