Fluvanna, Texas
Fluvanna, Texas | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Downtown Fluvanna | |
  Fluvanna | |
| Coordinates: 32°53′08″N 101°08′55″W / 32.88556°N 101.14861°WCoordinates: 32°53′08″N 101°08′55″W / 32.88556°N 101.14861°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| County | Scurry |
| Region | West Texas |
| Established | 1908 |
| Elevation | 2,674 ft (815 m) |
| Population (2000)[2] | |
| • Total | 180 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Website | Handbook of Texas |
Fluvanna is an unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies just south of the Llano Estacado high atop the caprock, where Farm-to-Market Road 1269 and Ranch Road 612 intersect.
Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia.[3] Fluvanna was established by realty promoters [4] who knew where the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway would terminate to satisfy its charter's 50-miles-of-line requirement.[5]
Fluvanna's importance lessened when the railroad closed the station in 1941 and major highways bypassed the area.[3] The population dropped from a high of 500 in 1915 to 180 in the 2000 Census.[2] The post office has closed in Fluvanna, yet the area still retains the 79517 zip code. Several wind power generation companies (i.e.: GE) have office and shop locations in town, there is one convenience store, but no gas station in Fluvanna.
Gallery[]
Fluvanna Post Office
Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, Texas
Farm-to-market road 1269
See also[]
- Caprock Escarpment
- Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
- Duffy's Peak
- Farm to Market Road 669
- Mushaway Peak
- Salt Fork Brazos River
References[]
- ^ "Fluvanna". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b Census 2000 Data for the State of Texas, https://www.census.gov/census2000/states/tx.html
- ^ a b Handbook of Texas Online, "Fluvanna, TX", https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlf18 (accessed January 27, 2009).
- ^ Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. Historical Markers in Scurry County. Published by Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. 1969. First Edition.
- ^ "The Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway", https://sites.google.com/site/roscoesnyderpacific/home/history/ (accessed June 19, 2019)
External links[]
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fluvanna
- Fluvanna, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado
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