Cedar Creek, Anderson County, Texas

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Cedar Creek is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

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Anderson County, Texas County in the United States

Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 58,458. Its county seat is Palestine. Anderson County was organized in 1846, and was named for Kenneth L. Anderson, who had been the final Vice President of the Republic of Texas.

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History

Cedar Creek had only two churches and several scattered homes in the 1930s. It had a few homes in 1982, and a church called Cedar Creek church, which stood about a mile and a half north of the community. It was still located in the community in 1985, and by 2000, there was only a cemetery in Cedar Creek, as shown on county highway maps. [1]

Geography

Cedar Creek is located at the junction of Farm to Market Road 322 and Texas State Highway 294 next to a neighboring creek with the same name approximately 9 mi (14 km) southwest of Palestine in the southwestern portion of Anderson County. [1]

Texas State Highway 294 highway in Texas

State Highway 294 or SH 294 is a Texas state highway running from U.S. Highway 79 and U.S. Highway 84 east to Alto. The route was designated on September 26, 1939 along its current route, replacing part of State Highway 7.

Palestine, Texas City in Texas, United States

Palestine is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County in Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,712. Palestine was named for Palestine, Illinois, by preacher Daniel Parker. Another source says that it was named by migrant Micham Main for the same hometown.

Education

The community had its own school district in 1932, with one campus serving 49 White students and the other campus serving 73 Black students. Those two schools were in the community in the 1930s. In 1955, the community was consolidated with the Elkhart Independent School District. [1]

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry. White Americans constitute the historical and current majority of the people living in the United States, with 72% of the population in the 2010 United States Census. Non-Hispanic whites totaled about 197,285,202 or 60.7% of the U.S. population. European Americans are the largest ethnic group of White Americans and constitute the historical population of the United States since the nation's founding.

Elkhart Independent School District is a public school district based in Elkhart, Texas (USA). The district is located in southwest Anderson County and extends into northern Houston County. A small portion of the district extends to the city of Palestine.

Reference

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cedar Creek, TX (Anderson County) from the Handbook of Texas Online

Coordinates: 31°38′25″N95°38′59″W / 31.64028°N 95.64972°W / 31.64028; -95.64972

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