Walnut Creek

Bastrop County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: Unknown

Council of Governments: CAPCOG

Public History: “History: The community was begun in 1874 by Ben Haywood and James Franklin, the first landholders. The school was located on the Haywood estate and built about 1873. The first teacher was James Shannon. Ben Haywood heirs managed the helm for many years.

Family names: Bunton, Fowler, Franklin, Gradington, Grimes, Haywood, Hornsby, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Lumuel, King, McMarion, Polk, Powell, Tyler, Shelton, Smith, Taylor, Wagner, Waites and Williams.

School: Haywood Elementary (1948)

Church: Pleasant Chapel AME (1879)

Cemetery: Walnut Creek (1875)”

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