Swinney Switch, also known as Swinney, 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 southeastern
Live Oak County,
Texas
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, United States. It lies approximately southeast of the city of
George West, the
county seat
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of Live Oak County, at the intersection of
FM 534 and
FM 3024 near
Interstate 37.
Its elevation is .
The community is named for Sidney J. Swinney, who moved to Live Oak County from
Gonzales Gonzales may refer to:
Places
* Gonzales, California, U.S.
* Gonzales, Louisiana, U.S.
* Gonzales, Texas, U.S.
* Gonzales County, Texas
Other uses
* Battle of Gonzales, 1835
* Gonzales (horse) (1977 – after 1996), an American-bred Thoroughbr ...
and opened a store and gas station in the area in 1917. Swinney added the word "Switch" to the name of his settlement in the hopes that a railroad would build through it.
References
Unincorporated communities in Live Oak County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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