Nimrod, Texas

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Nimrod is an unincorporated community in Eastland County in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is located on Farm to Market Road 569 and was originally settled in 1876. The town may have been called Monroe or Curtis, but was later changed to Nimrod for a biblical character of the same name. [2]

32°16′20″N99°03′09″W / 32.27222°N 99.05250°W / 32.27222; -99.05250

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nimrod, Texas
  2. "TSHA | Nimrod, TX (Eastland County)".