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The Community of Briggs

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Briggs, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 53' 11.7996", -97° 55' 10.398"
 
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    Pioneers mainly from the Old South settled here on the Aaron Boyce land grant in the 1860s and 70s. They had a school, and held church services, at Gum Springs in the 1880s. In 1888 a post office opened at Taylor's Gin Store; this was renamed in 1898 for Mrs. Henry D. Briggs, an early settler. On April 12, 1906, a tornado destroyed much of the village. Afterward Briggs was rebuilt on a platted townsite; it thrived from 1906 to 1920, but began declining after a 1928 fire. Many of the townspeople have worked since 1950 at Fort Hood, in neighboring Bell County.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

The Community of Briggs Historical Marker Location Map, Texas