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Community of Egypt

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FM 102, Egypt, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 23' 50.783964", -96° 14' 3.756408"
 
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     One of most historic towns in county. Named following the drouth of 1827, when pioneers of Stephen F. Austin's colony came to this fertile region to obtain corn. They called it Goin down into Egypt for corn, after biblical passage. Noted patriots were among earliest settlers: Eli Mercer, one of first sugar producers in Texas; and W. J. E. Heard, leader of citizen soldiers. Others were dairy king Gail Borden; William Menefee, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence; and Maj. Andrew Northington, stagecoach operator and surveyor.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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