Fluvanna, Texas

Fluvanna, Texas
Community
Post Office
Country  United States
State  Texas
Region Llano Estacado
District Scurry County
Elevation 815 m (2,674 ft)
Coordinates
Population 180 (2000)
Founded 1908
Timezone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
Postal code 79517
Area code 432
Website: Handbook of Texas: Fluvanna, Texas

Fluvanna is located in Scurry County, just south of the Llano Estacado high atop the caprock in West Texas, where Farm-to-Market Road 1269 and Ranch Road 612 intersect. Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia.[1] Fluvanna was established by realty promoters who knew that the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway would terminate at this site.[2] Fluvanna's importance lessened when the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific closed the Fluvanna station in 1941 and major highways bypassed the area.[1] The population dropped from a high of 500 in 1915 to 180 in the 2000 Census.[3] In recent years, all businesses except the post office have closed in downtown Fluvanna.

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References

  1. ^ a b Handbook of Texas Online, "FLUVANNA, TEXAS", http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hlf18.html (accessed January 27, 2009).
  2. ^ Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. Historical Markers in Scurry County. Published by Scurry County Historical Survey Committee. 1969. First Edition.
  3. ^ Census 2000 Data for the State of Texas, http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/tx.html
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