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Homes were damaged and trees uprooted on Thursday, April 9, after strong winds blew through Jarrell, Texas. According to reports, an RV was flipped on its side during the storm and thousands were ...
The Taylor Press is a community newspaper published in Taylor, Texas, serving East Williamson County as the legal newspaper for several communities. It has an online edition, a website and a Facebook page. The Taylor Press calls itself "the Media Gateway to East WilCo".
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On May 27, 1997, a large and slow-moving F5 tornado caused catastrophic damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. The tornado killed 27 residents of the town, mainly in a single subdivision, and inflicted approximately $40 million (1997 USD) in damages in its 13-minute, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) track.
Founded in 1909, the aptly-named Bartlett Florence Railway was created to run from a rail connection with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad at Bartlett to the town of Florence, which was a significant cotton processing center having multiple cotton gins. [3] [4] However, the company only got as far as Jarrell, Texas, being 11 or 12 miles.
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Soon after the railroad was completed, a saloon, two stores, a post office, and a bank were built. Because of the proximity of Jarrell to the railroad, Jarrell received all of the people and most of the buildings of nearby Corn Hill, Texas, thus killing that town. [4] [5] The city reached a population peak of 500 residents in 1914.