Wicker, Texas
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Wicker, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 30°32′19″N 96°18′39″W / 30.53861°N 96.31083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Brazos |
Elevation | 328 ft (100 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 979 |
GNIS feature ID | 1380778[1] |
Wicker is a ghost town in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
History
[edit]The area in what is now known as Wicker today may have been settled in the early 1900s as a railroad station on the International-Great Northern Railroad. It also had a church in the 1930s, but no population estimates were recorded.[2]
Geography
[edit]Wicker was located west of Farm to Market Road 2154, 10 mi (16 km) southeast of Bryan in southern Brazos County.[2]
Education
[edit]Today, Wicker is located within the College Station Independent School District.
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wicker, Texas
- ^ a b Jasinski, Laurie E. (July 8, 2005). "Wicker, TX". tshaonline.org.