Union Grove

Holder was on what is now Farm Road 2273 thirteen miles north of Brownwood in north central Brown County. It was established around 1874 and named for D. D. Holder, an early settler. A post office opened there in 1896. By 1915 the community reported a population of seventy-five and at least seven businesses, including two grocers, a physician, a blacksmith shop, and a cotton gin. The Holder post office had closed by 1921. In the 1940s the community had a church, a business, and a population of thirty. No population figures for Holder are available after the mid-1940s. In the 1980s the county highway map showed a Union Grove church at the site, but the community of Holder no longer existed. At that time the Pleasant Grove community, which was once part of Holder, was still an active community centered around the local Baptist church. No signs of the former community were shown on county highway maps by 2000.

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Belongs to

Union Grove is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Union Grove is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • (Holder)

Location

Latitude: 31.91125850
Longitude: -98.97949940

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No