Todd City, Texas

Todd City is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, only 10 people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

Todd City, Texas
Todd City is located in Texas
Todd City
Todd City
Todd City is located in the United States
Todd City
Todd City
Coordinates: 31°55′13″N 95°55′13″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAnderson
Government
  TypeMayor
  MayorClint Carroll
  First LadyKaitlin Scroggins
Elevation
375 ft (114 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code903
GNIS feature ID1380667[1]

History

Todd City is thought to be named for a family who lived there in the late 1880s with the same last name. It had a factory, oil tanks, and numerous scattered housing units in the 1930s and 1940s. It also had several scattered homes in 1982 and had only one operating business three years later. Oil production is currently occurring in a nearby oilfield. It had a population of only 10 in 2000.[2]

Geography

Todd City sits at the juncture of Farm to Market Road 19 and an unknown country road, 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the Neches River, as well as some 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Palestine in the northeastern portion of Anderson County.[2]

Education

Todd City is served by the Neches Independent School District.

References

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