Wicker, Texas

Ghost town in Texas, United States
30°32′19″N 96°18′39″W / 30.53861°N 96.31083°W / 30.53861; -96.31083CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBrazosElevation
328 ft (100 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code979GNIS feature ID1380778[1]

Wicker is a ghost town in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.

History

The area in what is now known as Wicker today may have been settled in the early 1900s as a railroad station on the International-Great Northern Railroad. It also had a church in the 1930s, but no population estimates were recorded.[2]

Geography

Wicker was located west of Farm to Market Road 2154, 10 mi (16 km) southeast of Bryan in southern Brazos County.[2]

Education

Today, Wicker is located within the College Station Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wicker, Texas
  2. ^ a b Jasinski, Laurie E. (July 8, 2005). "Wicker, TX". tshaonline.org.
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