Broom City, Texas

Broom City is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[2] According to the Handbook of Texas, it had a population of 20 in 2000. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

Broom City, Texas
Unincorporated community
Broom City
Broom City
Coordinates: 31°37′22″N 95°31′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAnderson
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID2034482 [1]

History

The 1936 county highway map showed farms and only one operating business in that community, and it is thought to have existed with that name by the 1940s. It is named for a broom factory operated there by William Colby Stovall in the late 1930s and 1940s.[3][4] It only had a few scattered houses in a rural area, and it had an estimated population of just 20 in 2000.[2]

Geography

Broom City stands along Texas State Highway 294 and Farm to Market Road 2419 about 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Palestine in the southern portion of Anderson County.[2]

References
  1. "Broom City 2034482". Geographic Names Information System. USGS - US DOI. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. Broom City, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. Maguire, Jack (26 Apr 1970). "Swept Clean". Austin American-Statesman. p. B8.
  4. "Retired Broom Maker Dies". Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. 4 Jul 1971. p. 7, Sec. 1.


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