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Gabriel Mills

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CR 236/CR 207 intersection, 9 mi. NE, Liberty Hill, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 28' 3.872316", -97° 47' 16.303776"
 
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     Samuel Mather settled here in 1849, building a grist mill on the North San Gabriel in 1852. John G. Stewart opened a store near the mill. A small log cabin was in use by 1854 for church, school and lodge meetings. A post office was established in 1858, Mather being postmaster. W. L. Brizendine owned the mill by 1865, adding a cotton gin. Known as Mather's Mill, Brizendine Mill, or Gabriel Mills, the village thrived until Austin & Northwestern Railroad bypassed it (1881); then a decline began. The post office closed in 1905, and by the 1920s the town itself had disappeared.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Gabriel Mills Historical Marker Location Map, Liberty Hill, Texas