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Coordinates: 30°47′00″N 99°19′12″W / 30.78333°N 99.32000°W / 30.78333; -99.32000
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Grit, Texas
Unincorporated community
Grit, Texas is located in Texas
Grit, Texas
Grit, Texas
Location within the state of Texas
Grit, Texas is located in the United States
Grit, Texas
Grit, Texas
Grit, Texas (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°47′00″N 99°19′12″W / 30.78333°N 99.32000°W / 30.78333; -99.32000
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyMason
Elevation
[1]
1,716 ft (523 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code319
FIPS code48-31244[2]
GNIS feature ID1358458[1]

Grit is an unincorporated farming and ranching community established ca.1889 in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The initial settlers considered naming the community after Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Frederick Funston, but a Funston, Texas already existed in Jones County and there was concern of postal delivery confusion.[3]

The town is located on Texas State Highway 29, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Mason, near Honey Creek.[4][5] In its early years, Grit was centered around the cotton industry, and once had its own cotton gin. While never having a large population, the community did have a school, store, and church. The prevailing theory of the town's name is that it reflects the quality of the area soil.[6][7] Grit received a post office in 1901, which remained active until 1980.[8][9]

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References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grit, Texas
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Funston, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "GNS Grit Texas". GNS. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  5. ^ "Honey Creek". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  6. ^ Rhoades, Alice J. "Grit, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  7. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 59.
  8. ^ "Mason County postmasters". Jim Wheat. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  9. ^ "TE Grit, Texas". Texas Escapes. Blueprints For Travel, LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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