Official Name: | Hiram, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hiram |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaufman |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 443 |
Coordinates: | 32.6433°N -96.1083°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378456 |
Hiram is an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 34 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Hiram was once known as Locust Grove. A post office was established at Hiram in 1893 and remained in operation until 1906, with James Hiram Hughes as postmaster. The community had mercantile stores, a cotton gin, three churches, a doctor's office, and a sawmill. The population of Hiram was 110 from 1904 to 30 in the late 1940s to 1990. It then had a Baptist church, a cemetery, and a nursing home all named Locust Grove in 1985. The population went up to 34 in 2000.[1]
Hiram is located on Farm to Market Road 2965, south of Texas State Highway 20 on the eastern edge of Kaufman County.[1]
Hiram is served by the Wills Point Independent School District.