Todd City, Texas Explained

Official Name:Todd City, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Todd City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Anderson
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Clint Carroll
Leader Title1:Co Mayor
Leader Name1:Kaitlin Carroll
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:375
Coordinates:31.9203°N -95.9203°W
Area Code:903, 430
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1380667

Todd City is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, only 10 people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.

History

Todd City is thought to be named for a family who lived there in the late 1880s with the same last name. It had a factory, oil tanks, and numerous scattered housing units in the 1930s and 1940s. It also had several scattered homes in 1982 and had only one operating business three years later. Oil production is currently occurring in a nearby oilfield. It had a population of only 10 in 2000.

Geography

Todd City sits at the juncture of Farm to Market Road 19 and an unknown country road, 3miles west of the Neches River, as well as some 14miles northeast of Palestine in the northeastern portion of Anderson County.

Education

Todd City is served by the Neches Independent School District.