Glass

Glass, sixteen miles southwest of Bastrop in southwestern Bastrop County, received a post office in 1890; Joseph S. Miller was postmaster. By the mid-1890s the community had two grocery stores, a corn mill and gin, a Baptist church, and fifty residents. The Glass post office closed in 1899. In the late 1940s no evidence of the community was shown on county highway maps.

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Belongs to

Glass is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Glass is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • (Holder's Gin)

Location

Latitude: 30.06688350
Longitude: -97.56860950

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No