Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:

[Warning - There are two Sand Hill communities in Freestone County.]



Sand Hill #1

   The Sand Hill community appears on a map from 1961 shown north of Wayman/
Waymen chapel.  The area is drained by the Alum Branch on the east and Indian 
Creek on the west.  Sand Hill was north of Butler west of Evans Lake.
   A 1964 U.S. Geological Survey map of the Butler Quadrangle shows Sand Hill 
north of Butler. From Fairfield, go down Highway 84, turn left going north on 
489 at Red Lake, go quite a way until you turn left on Co. Rd. 240 into the 
Sand Hill community. You will find two churches, Pilgrim Rest Church and Pine 
Hill Church, next to each other on the road.  The cemetery lies another mile 
down the road.
  
  
School:
  Sand Hill school 
     not listed in 1887 list
     had 35 African American pupils in the 1891-2 schoolyear.
     had 39 African American pupils in the 1893-4 schoolyear.

Church:
Pilgrim Rest Church
Pine Hill Church

Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery (formerly old Bethel community cemetery)

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Sand Hill #2

   A 1964 U.S. Geological Survey map of the Butler Quadrangle shows Sand Hill 
south of Red Lake.  From Fairfield, go down Highway 84, turn south on 489 at 
Red Lake, going past the modern Butler high school. Turn right crossing the 
Red Lake spillway that splits Red Lake and Burleson Lake.  Continue avout 3 
miles across Holly Branch. The Church is on the right side of the road.


School:


Church:
Sand Hill Church 

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