Clairette, Texas
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Clairette is an
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located in
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in
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, United States. Clairette is situated in the southern part of the county along
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and the
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, five miles northwest of Hico, and 16 miles to the east of
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History

Clairette was founded during the 1880s when the Texas Central line, part of the historic
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, was constructed through the
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on its way from the
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area to Stamford, with a branch to Cross Plains from the line at De Leon. The Katy abandoned the line through Clairette in the late 1960s. Clairette was named after a now
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brand of soap that was popular at the time. At its peak, Clairette had a population of around 300 however, from the 1970s through the 2000s Clairette's population remained at a steady 60. Clairette declined due to the removal of the railroad but also the construction of nearby US Highway 281 and the improvement of
Texas State Highway 6 State Highway 6 (SH 6) runs from the Red River of the South, Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma state line, to northwest of Galveston, Texas, Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway. In Sugar Land and Missouri City, it is k ...
, which allowed for easier commuting to larger nearby areas.


References


Texas Escapes Online entry for Clairette

Katy Railroad Historical Society website

Handbook of Texas Online entry for Clairette, Texas
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