Pettibone, Texas

For the city in North Dakota, see Pettibone, North Dakota.

Pettibone is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 25 in 2000.

Pettibone, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°51′00″N 97°04′51″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Milam
Elevation [1]	502 ft (153 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	254
GNIS feature ID	1380348[1]

History

Pettibone was a flag stop on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, which built a track through the area in 1881. It was subsequently named for a railroad official. Its population was 30 in 1933 then went down to 25 from 1990 through 2000.^[2]

Geography

Pettibone is located on U.S. Highway 190, 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Cameron, 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Rockdale, and 27 mi (43 km) southeast of Temple in west-central Milam County.^[3]

It is also on Texas State Highway 36 and Farm to Market Road 486.

Education

Today, the community is served by the Cameron Independent School District.