Official Name: | Brazos Point, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Brazos Point |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bosque |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 630 |
Coordinates: | 32.1872°N -97.6192°W |
Area Code: | 254 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1331214 |
Brazos Point is a ghost town in Bosque County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
Charles Walker Smith and Tom Willingham founded Brazos Point when they built a store, a cotton gin, and a mill along the banks of the Brazos River. A post office was established at Brazos Point in 1873 and remained in operation until 1896. The community was also home to Brazos Point Community Church. It had a steam-powered cotton gin, a gristmill, a general store, and a physician supporting 200 residents in the mid-1880s. It plunged to 75 in 1896 and moved to Farm to Market Road 56 for better business opportunities. Its population was 50 from 1933 to 1947 but seemingly disappeared soon after.[1]
Brazos Point was located off Farm to Market Road 56, 11miles northeast of Walnut Springs and 50miles northwest of Waco in northeastern Bosque County.[1]
Brazos Point had its own school in 1860.[1] Today, Brazos Point is located within the Kopperl Independent School District.