Cedar Creek, Anderson County, Texas

Cedar Creek is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

For the unincorporated community in Bastrop County, see Cedar Creek, Texas.

History

Cedar Creek had only two churches and several scattered homes in the 1930s. It had a few homes in 1982, and a church called Cedar Creek church, which stood about a mile and a half north of the community. It was still located in the community in 1985, and by 2000, there was only a cemetery in Cedar Creek, as shown on county highway maps.[1]

Geography

Cedar Creek is located at the junction of Farm to Market Road 322 and Texas State Highway 294 next to a neighboring creek with the same name approximately 9 mi (14 km) southwest of Palestine in the southwestern portion of Anderson County.[1]

Education

The community had its own school district in 1932, with one campus serving 49 White students and the other campus serving 73 Black students. Those two schools were in the community in the 1930s. In 1955, the community was consolidated with the Elkhart Independent School District.[1]

References

1. Cedar Creek, TX (Anderson County) from the Handbook of Texas Online