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JARRELL, TEXASWilliamson
County, Texas Hill Country
I-35 and FM 487
S of Temple
1 mile N of Corn Hill
12 miles N of Georgetown
39 miles N of Austin
Population: 410
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Commercial
Row in 2004
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was founded in 1909 by developers from Temple and Bartlett.
O. D. Jarrell, the Temple developer lent his name to the town.
The location was on the former stageline from Georgetown to Gatesville
and the proposed railroad (the Bartlett and Western Railway). The
arrival of the railroad caused the death of Corn
Hill - a town one mile east.
Jarrell's first businesses were reportedly a saloon and two stores.
The town got its own newspaper in 1911 and a post office in 1912.
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A church in Jarrell
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A 1940s era gas station along I-35
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Jarrell
reached its high-water mark in 1914 with a population of 500. The
declining cotton industry and the Great Depression put Jarrell into
an economic decline. The railroad failed in the 30s and as early as
1933 the population was already down to only 200.
Jarrell revived somewhat to an estimated 350 by 1945.
A devastating tornado hit the town in May, 1997, killing several people
and destroying many homes. |
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Subject: Jarrell
I am trying to do some genealogy research on my mother's side of the
family. She grew up in Jarrell, her father was a blacksmith there,
and many of her family are buried at Corn Hill cemetary. When I went
to the site you have about Jarrell, it brought back many memories
of time I spent in Jarrell as a child, but I was particularly interested
in the picture showing the sidewalk with the names of the graduating
seniors of 1929, as my aunt (Wynette Woodward) was one of the names
displayed. - Donna Carter, November 13, 2005
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