Flower Hill is a

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Bastrop County Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,216. Bastrop County is included in the Austin–Round Rock, Texas, metropolita ...

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, United States. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

History

Founded by

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slaves, the town is one of 13 known " Freedom Colonies," in the county. In the 1940s, a church, a cemetery and several houses marked the town on county highway maps. By the 1980s, only the cemetery remained.

Geography

It is located three miles southeast of Smithville, 19 miles southeast of the town of Bastrop and 49 miles southeast of

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Education

In 1907, Flower Hill had a one-teacher school for fifty-four black students. When a district system was created in 1921, the school was probably absorbed by the

Smithville Independent School District Smithville Independent School District is a public school district based in Smithville, Texas (USA). Located in Bastrop County, in which it serves Smithville and Rosanky, a small portion of the district extends into Fayette County. In 2009 ...

. The community continues to be served by Smithville ISD today.

References

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