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PEASTER, TEXAS

Parker County, Central Texas North

32° 52' 19" N, 97° 52' 0" W (32.871944, -97.866667)

FM 920
9 Miles NNW of Weatherford
Population: 80 est. (2014) 102 (2000)

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Peaster Texas Post Office
Peaster Post Office, TX 76485
Photo courtesy Mike Price, July 2009
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History in a Pecan Shell

H. H. Peaster is the town’s namesake. Moving from Georgia in the 1870s, Peaster bought land here and promptly built a house. Originally called Freemont, the community underwent a change of name (to Peasterville) in the mid 1880s. Sometime later the ville suffix was dropped. The population reached 100 in the 1890s, growing to 300 residents in the mid 1920s.

The Great Depression left Peaster with just a third of the 1920s population. It hit a low of 80 residents by the mid 1970s but was back over 100 in the year 2,000.

Peaster, Texas Landmarks

Photographer's Note:
" Another small town centered around a large school complex." - Mike Price, July 2009

Peaster Texas School
School
Photo courtesy Mike Price, July 2009
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Peaster, Texas - Peaster Methodist Church
Peaster Methodist Church
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Peaster Methodist Church
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Peaster Texas Church
"The church was labeled only as The Church In Peaster." - Mike Price, July 2009
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Peaster Texas - Statue of Christ and angels
Photo courtesy Mike Price, July 2009
"The sculpture stands just north of town. Appears to be affiliated with a religious retreat/entity next door as best I could determine. Quite large and impressive anyway." - Mike Price, July 2009

Peaster, Texas - Statue of Angels
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Peaster Texas Old Stone Bldg
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People

Robert E. Howard, pulp fiction writer and creator of Conan the Barbarian was born in Peaster before moving to his longtime home of Cross Plains, Texas.


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