Tigertown, also known as Tiger Point, is a ghost town in Washington County, Texas, United States. It was located on FM 332 Rd before the road descends into the Mill Creek bottoms, approximately six miles from Brenham.[1]
Tigertown | |
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  Tigertown  Tigertown | |
| Coordinates: 30°05′54.6″N 96°27′18.6″W / 30.098500°N 96.455167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Washington |
| Settled | 1830 |
| Abandoned | 1900 |
History
editTigertown was founded before the Texas Revolution. In the 1830s, Phil Coe Sr named the town Tigertown because "he said it was full of men who led fast and furious lives."[2] It had a post office by the 1850s, but nothing remained of the town by 1900. Today, a farm stands on where Tigertown existed.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Insolent". The Galveston Daily News. 16 Aug 1895. p. 4 col. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ May Amanda, Pennington (1915). The history of Brenham and Washington County: Some historical facts about Washington county, Tiger Point. Houston, Tex: Standard printing & lithographing company. p. 16.
- ^ Christian, Carole E. (2010-06-15). "Tigertown, TX". Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "History of Washington County". The Houston Post. 29 Apr 1900. p. 21 col. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2021.