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A Walkable, Quaint Bed-and-Breakfast. In 2020, Houstonites Alice and Nick Adair acquired a local bed-and-breakfast, formerly called The Sugarberry Inn, and remodeled its 13 rooms in retro-meets ...
Yorktown is located in southwestern DeWitt County at (28.983196, –97.502415 State Highways 72 and 119 intersect on the western side of town. Highway 72 leads northeast 16 miles (26 km) to Cuero and southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Kenedy, while Highway 119 leads northwest 35 miles (56 km) to Stockdale and south 24 miles (39 km) to Goliad.
Originally a line camp on the Matador Ranch, this section of Motley County was called "Whiteflat" after the white needlegrass which covered the flat prairie. [2] A post office was established at Whiteflat in 1890 and a one-room school opened the same year. This small schoolhouse was replaced in 1908 by a four-room structure.
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The area was originally titled "Mesquite Flat" when the town applied for its own post office. [3] The application was rejected, and resubmitted as "Flat". The post office was successfully opened in 1897; [3] its ZIP code is 76526. [4] In 1914, Flat had a thriving population of 100, with three general stores and a cotton gin. By the mid-1920s ...
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Nolan County is a county located in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,738. [1] Its county seat is Sweetwater. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. [3] It is named for Philip Nolan, one of the first American traders to visit Texas.
TPWD also had the property designated as a Texas State Antiquities Landmark in 1983. On January 1, 2008, the site was transferred from TPWD to the Texas Historical Commission, which completed a two-year renovation and historic preservation project in December 2015. Tours, programs, and special events are offered regularly for visitors to the site.