Terryville, Texas is a
populated place at the intersection of
Farm to Market Road 682 and
Farm to Market Road 1447 in eastern
DeWitt County, Texas.
[Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.][Lat-Long.com: Terryville, TX, https://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-1380648-Texas-Terryville.html, last accessed 26 Oct 2029.] It was named after early settlers James Terry and John Terry, who opened a store there in 1852.
[Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.] James D. Terry served as DeWitt County judge from 1883 to 1891.
[Travel South Texas: Terryville Texas Historical Marker, http://www.stxmaps.com/go/texas-historical-marker-terryville.html, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.]
During the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
, the community raised a
cavalry company for the
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
.
[Travel South Texas: Terryville Texas Historical Marker, http://www.stxmaps.com/go/texas-historical-marker-terryville.html, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.]
A post office was established in 1869, the first school was built in 1870, and a
Methodist church was established at a site now associated with the Old Terryville Cemetery.
[Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.]
In 1886, Terryville was relocated to a site three miles southeast of its original site, a mile from the
Lavaca County line. The Old Terry Cemetery remains at the first townsite.
[Travel South Texas: Terryville Texas Historical Marker, http://www.stxmaps.com/go/texas-historical-marker-terryville.html, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.]
The town declined after 1900, and its post office was closed in December 1907, and its school in 1952.
[Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.] In 2000, Terryville's population was recorded as 40 residents.
[Craig H. Roell: Terryville, TX, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terryville-tx, last accessed 26 Oct 2020.]
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DeWitt County, Texas