Polonia was a small rural community located in northwest
Caldwell County. The ghost town is 6 miles northwest of
Lockhart Lockhart may refer to:
*Lockhart (surname)
Places
Australia
*Lockhart, New South Wales
*Lockhart River, Queensland
*Lockhart River, Western Australia
United States
*Lockhart, Alabama
*Lockhart, Florida
*Lockhart, Minnesota
*Lockhart, Sout ...
, Texas.
History
The area was settled sometime in the second half of the 19th century by
Polish immigrants (most likely in the 1880s and the 1890s). The town population expanded and built more buildings. By the 1920s, the community had a church, one cotton gin, two schools, a blacksmith shop, and a general store. The town rapidly lost population in the 1930s as cotton production declined and farm failures occurred in Texas around that time.
By the late 1940s, Polonia had a school, a church, and a few scattered houses at the site. In 1949, the school consolidated with
Lockhart Independent School District
The Lockhart Independent School District is a public school district based in Lockhart, Texas. In addition to Lockhart, the district also serves the portions of Mustang Ridge, Niederwald, and Pettytown in Caldwell County, as well as the unincor ...
. The town lost population steadily after the consolidation, and no population estimates were available in the 1980s.
Today, the only infrastructure remaining in Polonia is the town cemetery founded in 1894.
References
See also
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Lockhart, Texas
Lockhart is a city and the county seat of Caldwell County, Texas, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 14,379.
History
The city of Lockhart is named after Byrd Lockhart, an assistant surveyo ...
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List of ghost towns in Texas
Images
File:Clairemont Texas Abandoned Jail.jpg, Abandoned jail in Clairemont (Kent County)
File:Benton City Institute.jpg, Abandoned school in Benton City (Atascosa County)
File:Close City Texas abandoned school.jpg, Abandoned school in C ...
Ghost towns in Texas
Ghost towns in Central Texas
19th-century establishments in Texas
Caldwell County, Texas
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