Bald Prairie is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Robertson County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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.
History
Bald Prairie was founded in 1865, and named after the wide prairies surrounding the original town site. A post office was established at Bald Prairie in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1950.
References
Unincorporated communities in Robertson County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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