Yard, Texas

31°51′55″N 95°58′01″W / 31.86528°N 95.96694°W / 31.86528; -95.96694CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyAndersonElevation371 ft (113 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)430 & 903GNIS feature ID1372012^[1]

Yard is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 18 in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

History

Yard was reported to get this name when the owner of the community's first store, named Bruce Gray, accidentally included a request from a customer who wanted a yard of cloth on a list of potential names to give to the post office's department when the settlement was originally part of Tennessee Colony. The post office was then established at Yard in 1903 and remained in operation until the mid-1950s. The community's population was small, with only 10 in 1925, 20 in 1949, and only 18 from 1968 through 2000. It only had one operating business in 1949 and had only a church and several homes in 1982.^[2]

Geography

Yard stands on Farm to Market Road 321, adjacent to the Trinity River, 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Palestine in the northwestern portion of Anderson County.^[2]

Education

Public education in Yard is provided by the Cayuga Independent School District.

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