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On E Walnut Street (Farm to Market Road 1242), on the left when traveling east.
In 1881, on land owned by G.M. Dodge, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad built a line through a new town named for Joseph Abbott, a Hill County resident, lawyer and U.S. Congressman. Winston W. Treadwell soon opened a general store managed . . . — — Map (db m59664) HM
On S. Borden near Walnut Street (Farm to Market Road 1242), on the left when traveling south.
Organized in 1876 as the Liberty Grove Baptist Church by 13 founding members, this congregation met in the Liberty Grove Schoolhouse 2 miles south of here. Renamed the Abbott Baptist Church in 1879, the church moved to Abbott in 1885. Services were . . . — — Map (db m59701) HM
On First Street near Waco Street, on the right when traveling south.
The public school system in Abbott began in 1885 when a one-story frame schoolhouse was constructed on the east side of town. It housed 140 pupils and three teachers. A two-story brick structure, built at this site in 1911, served the Abbott school . . . — — Map (db m59999) HM
On Walnut Street at Bordon Street, on the left when traveling east on Walnut Street.
The first Methodist worship service in Abbott was held in 1883 by the Rev. G. W. Swofford. A congregation soon was organized and became a regular stop on the Hillsboro circuit, with the Rev. J. P. Mussett as first pastor. By 1886 the congregation . . . — — Map (db m59993) HM
Near West Houston Street east of Interstate 35 Frontage Road, on the right when traveling east.
One of the most influential and numerous national groups to settle in Hill County, Czechs came to this area from Fayette County and the province of Moravia in Austria-Hungary. Many sought greater freedom due to barriers to attaining national status . . . — — Map (db m151065) HM
On South First Street, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Moody (McLennan Co.) on October 24, 1900, L.C. (Luke) McKamie earned degrees from Southwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University. L.C. and his wife, Beulah (Boots), came to Abbott in 1926, he as . . . — — Map (db m62899) HM
On Willie Nelson Road (County Highway 3102) 1.5 miles south of West Houston Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1854 area pioneer D.C. Carr settled this ranch which covered land in both Hill and McClennan Counties. D.C. Carr and his brother J.C. had come to Texas in 1840 and were instrumental in the early growth of the nearby towns of Abbott and West. A . . . — — Map (db m220254) HM