Satin 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
Falls County,
Texas
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, United States, four miles from
Chilton. Satin is located in the northern part of the county, on
Farm to Market Road 434.
History
Satin was established in 1872 after a sawmill was built near the current site, on
Cow Bayou. The population grew when the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway built tracks there between 1889 and 1892.
Satin History at TSHA
/ref> Before Satin, the town was previously named Laguna and Cedar Point. Satin was supposedly the name of a railroad employee once a post office, which is still running today, was established in 1917. The population peaked at 200 residents in 1931, but dropped afterwards and fell to 86 by 2000.
References
External links
Profile of Satin from the
Handbook of Texas Online
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
Unincorporated communities in Falls County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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