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Flint Texas

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Flint, at the junction of Old Jacksonville Highway (2493) and Farm roads 2868 and 346, lies just south of Gresham and four miles north of Bullard in Smith County. To the west of Flint is located the Noonday community.

The site, named for local landowner Robert P. Flynt, became a stop on the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad in 1882. The post office began operations in 1887 as "Flint" since the local postmaster misspelled the town name on the post office application form.

Tyler to Gresham, Flint and Bullard railroad right-of-wayIn 1890 Flint had grown to have a general store, three cotton gins, a physician, and a population of twenty-five. By 1902, 100 families were engaged in truck farming, and shipped 85 railroad cars of tomatoes and large amounts of cabbage, cantaloupes, and peaches.

The town supported a blacksmith shop, a telephone exchange, a telegraph service, two mercantile companies, a cotton gin and gristmill.

By 1914 local farmers shipped record amounts of nursery stock, fruit, and tomatoes from Flint, and the town had six general stores, a bank, and a newspaper, the Flint Weekly Reader. The Great Depression greatly injured the business of the area.

On July 1, 1899, operations of the rail line through Flint was assumed by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas, commonly known as the Cotton Belt Route. The rail line is now abandoned, but its route through Gresham and Flint is still visible. Read more about the rail line between Tyler, Gresham, Flint and Bullard.

Abandoned railroad line of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway, the Cotton Belt Route, still visible in Flint, TexasAbandoned Cotton Belt Route still visible in Flint, Texas

Today, Flint is experiencing exponential growth as a "bedroom community" for Tyler, and the successful location of new businesses.

Additional History Resources of Interest

Past Glimpses of Tyler...by Robert Reed
Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House Historic Estate
Smith County Historical Society
Historic Tyler, Inc.
Heart of Tyler Main Street Program
National Register of Historic Places - Smith County Sites
Smith County History (RootsWeb)
Tyler History (City of Tyler)
Camp Ford Historical Association
Preservation Texas
Texas Historical Commission
Texas Downtown Association
Texas Association of Museums
Texas State Preservation Board
East Texas Historical Association

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