Official Name: | Pettibone, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Milam |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 502 |
Coordinates: | 30.85°N -97.0808°W |
Area Code: | 254 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380348 |
Pettibone is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 25 in 2000.
Pettibone was a flag stop on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, which built a track through the area in 1881. It was subsequently named for a railroad official. Its population was 30 in 1933 then went down to 25 from 1990 through 2000.
Pettibone is located on U.S. Highway 190, 5miles west of Cameron, 20miles northwest of Rockdale, and 27miles southeast of Temple in west-central Milam County.[1]
It is also on Texas State Highway 36 and Farm to Market Road 486.
Today, the community is served by the Cameron Independent School District.