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PINE
ISLAND, TEXASWaller
County, Central
Texas South
(Not shown on the official Texas state map)
1 Mile
S of Highway 290
Near Farm Road 359
5 Miles SW of Waller
5 Miles SE of Hempstead
Population: 849 (2000)
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Pine
Island Baptist Church
The original part of the building dates back to 1900.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July 2005
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History on a Pinhead
Settled late (in the 1880s), the nucleus of the town was the Pine Island Baptist
Church. The community’s first school opened in 1893.
The community’s proximity
to Hempstead and Waller
curbed its growth and by 1979 the town’s population was a mere 200. After incorporation
(1980) the population doubled and by the 2000 census it had redoubled to reach
849 residents. |
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