Pettytown, Texas
Unincorporated community
Pettytown is located in Texas
Pettytown
Pettytown
Pettytown is located in the United States
Pettytown
Pettytown
Coordinates: 29°54′27″N 97°27′34″W / 29.90750°N 97.45944°W / 29.90750; -97.45944
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCaldwell, Bastrop
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)512 & 737
GNIS feature ID1380351[1]

Pettytown is an unincorporated community in Bastrop and Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, there are currently no population estimates available for the community. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

History

Pettytown was started about 1850 by John and Elizabeth (Dawson) Petty, their 14 children, and their descendants.[2]

Geography

Pettytown stands four miles south of Red Rock on the Caldwell County and Bastrop County border. Only a few scattered houses were in the community on the 1940 county highway map. Only a cemetery appeared on the community's map in the 1980s.[3]

Education

Pettytown had a school with one teacher and 42 students in 1905. It was shown on the 1940 county highway map and was then consolidated with the Red Rock district in 1949.[3] Today the community is served by two school districts. The portion in Caldwell County is served by the Lockhart Independent School District and the portion in Bastrop County is served by the Bastrop Independent School District.

By 1910, it was a school district, SD #37 Pettytown, which was used as a voting precinct, both registered in Bastrop County.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pettytown, Texas
  2. ↑ "Pettytown Picnic". The Smithville Times. May 17, 2012. p. A6.
  3. 1 2 Pettytown, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  4. ↑ "School Bond Election Ordered". The Austin Statesman. August 17, 1910. p. 1.


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