​Community of
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Marker No: 9363

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.761917, -97.597115

Location: ​FM 1105, 10 miles northwest of Georgetown

Marker Text: ​Attracted to the rich farm land, immigrants from Austria, Bohemia, Germany, Moravia and Silesia came here in the 1880s-90s. This community grew around a cotton gin built about 1883. A Catholic Church and school operated at nearby Corn Hill. A post office, named "Theon" for the Greek "to God", opened in 1890. A rifle club sponsored dances, rifle contests and other socials. Farmers started a beef club, butchered meat monthly and shared it with all families. After the post office and school closed, the cotton gin continued to serve this area. (1979)