Tidwell Prairie
Tidwell Prairie is located in Texas
Tidwell Prairie
Tidwell Prairie
Tidwell Prairie is located in the United States
Tidwell Prairie
Tidwell Prairie
Coordinates: 31°05′24″N 96°39′27″W / 31.09000°N 96.65750°W / 31.09000; -96.65750
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyRobertson
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code979
GNIS feature ID1380663[1]

Tidwell Prairie is an unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas, United States. Tidwell Prairie is eight miles northeast of Calvert. The community was founded after the Civil War by residents of Owensville; it was most likely named after Tidwell's Creek. Tidwell Prairie had two schools in 1942 and a church and a school in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Tidwell Prairie, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved July 4, 2009.


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