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History on
a PinheadSettlement
in the 1840s included Robert E. B., John, and George W. Baylor. Founded alongside
the tracks of the Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway in 1887, the community had
the basics (store, gin, lumberyard and saloon) by the mid 1890s.
It acquired
a post office in 1900 and seemed destined for growth. Halsted had the geographic
misfortune of being between other growing towns and close to the county seat (La
Grange). The businesses
closed although the post office held on for several decades before closing sometime
in the 1930s.
The 1990 census reported nearly 50 residents in the vicinity
which declined to just 26 for 2000. |
1920s
Fayette County map showing Halsted E of La
Grange
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
1907
Fayette County postal map showing Halsted E of La
Grange
Courtesy Texas General Land Office | |
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