Grit, Texas

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Grit, Texas
Unincorporated community
Grit, Texas is located in Texas
Grit, Texas
Grit, Texas
Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 30°47′00″N 99°19′12″W / 30.78333°N 99.32000°W / 30.78333; -99.32000Coordinates: 30°47′00″N 99°19′12″W / 30.78333°N 99.32000°W / 30.78333; -99.32000
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyMason
Elevation
[1]
1,716 ft (523 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)319
FIPS code48-31244[2]
GNIS feature ID1358458[1]

Grit is an unincorporated farming and ranching community established around 1889 in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on SH 29, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Mason, near Honey Creek.[3][4] Grit was centered on the cotton industry, and once had its own cotton gin. While never having a large population, the community did have a school, store, and church. The prevailing theory of the town's name is that it reflects the quality of the area soil.[5][6] Grit received a post office in 1901, which remained active until 1980.[7][8]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grit, Texas
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ^ "GNS Grit Texas". GNS. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Honey Creek". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ Rhoades, Alice J. "Grit, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 59.
  7. ^ "Mason County postmasters". Jim Wheat. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ "TE Grit, Texas". Texas Escapes. Blueprints For Travel, LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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