Blevins Community and School

Blevins sits so near the McLennan and Bell lines that its school district was eventually divided between them. The Handbook of Texas says the post office opened in 1886 and that by the mid-1890s the community had a cotton gin, two general stores and about 100 residents. When the district ended, Troy in Bell County took part and Bruceville-Eddy in McLennan County the rest. Bruceville-Eddy had joined its two town schools in 1928 as the first consolidated rural high school district in McLennan County. Blevins counted 130 people in the 1940s and 36 by the mid-1960s.

What the plaque says

Blevins Community and School The community of Blevins began about 1860, when Texas Revolution veteran Thomas H. Barron and his family settled near Deer Creek. The Rev. Isaac Taylor operated a school for area children from the 1870s until 1885, when Blevins School opened. A public school district, formally organized in 1916, served students in a nine-square mile area until 1939. A post office operated from 1886 to 1904, and at its height the community boasted two general stores, two cotton gins, two churches, a blacksmith shop, and ice house. (1992)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Armstrong Browning Library — 23 mi
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• Dr Pepper Museum — 23 mi
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More markers nearby

• Roy Bedichek — 5.1 mi
• Union Cemetery — 5.8 mi
• First Baptist Church of Eddy — 5.8 mi
• Mooreville Cemetery — 6.9 mi