Official Name: | Stringtown, Bell County, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Stringtown |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bell |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 551 |
Coordinates: | 31.0239°N -97.2411°W |
Area Code: | 254 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380619 |
Stringtown is a ghost town in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
A post office named String was established in 1901 and remained in operation until 1904. There were two businesses in 1931 with a church and several scattered houses in 1948. Its name was changed to Stringtown in 1964 and had Dyess Grove Church. The community had disappeared by 1988.[1]
Stringtown was located on Little Elm Creek, 9miles southeast of Temple in southeastern Bell County.[1]
Dyess Grove School served 76 students in 1903 and remained in 1948.[1] Today, Stringtown is located within the Rogers Independent School District.