Plum, Texas

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Plum, Texas
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Coordinates: 29°56′06″N96°58′03″W / 29.93500°N 96.96750°W / 29.93500; -96.96750
Country United States
State Texas
County Fayette
Elevation
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299 ft (91 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
78952
Area code 979
GNIS feature ID1365467 [1]

Plum is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas, United States. Plum has a post office with the ZIP code 78952. [2]

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Geography

Plum is on State Highway 71 and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, eight miles west of La Grange in Fayette County. F. Lotto's book Fayette County, Her History and Her People, claims that the property surrounding Plum is prairie and postoak.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 366
U.S. Decennial Census [3]
1850–1900 [4] 1910 [5]
1920 [6] 1930 [7] 1940 [8]
1950 [9] 1960 [10] 1970 [11]
1980 [12] 1990 [13] 2000 [14]
2010 [15] 2020 [16]

Plum first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census. [17] [15] [16]

2020 Census

Plum CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020 [16] % 2020
White alone (NH)16845.90%
Black or African American alone (NH)349.29%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Other race alone (NH)10.27%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)92.46%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)15442.08%
Total366100.00%

History

The area was initially settled by families from Tennessee on lands granted to Andrew Castleman in 1828 and John Cooke in 1831 and acquired the name Plum Grove. Plum Grove is the second oldest established community in Fayette County. The Hopewell (now Plum) Baptist Church was the first Baptist church in Texas established west of the Colorado River and the first in Texas to hold an ordination service and administer the ordinance of baptism. On July 8, 1861, the Plum Grove Rifles was formed under the command of Capt. Thomas C. Moore. Apparently the unit was designed for training, because its members were subsequently drafted or volunteered to join other regular units. In 1880 a post office was established, and by 1900 the community had two churches, two stores, two cotton gins, two blacksmith shops, a saloon, and a physician. By 1950 it had an estimated population of 280 and seven businesses. By the 1980s the population had dropped to ninety-five and the number of businesses to two; the town retained its post office. The discovery of oil in the Austin Chalk formation during the late 1970s and early 1980s boosted the local economy. Through 2000 the population was still ninety-five.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum, Texas. Retrieved on May 11, 2017.
  2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
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  16. 1 2 3 "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Plum CDP, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  17. "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.