THE COMMUNITIES OF
WALLER COUNTY

BRACY ISLAND

BROOKSHIRE

The plat map for the town of Brookshire was filed in 1893. It was located on the east side of the community of Kellner. It was incorporated in 1946. Brookshire iz the location of the Waller County Museum

CEDAR CREEK

CLEMONS

Clemons post office was established in 1885. The town was located on Irons Creek east of the Brazos River between Pattison and Sealy. It was also known as Clemons Switch

CODY

The Cody post office was established in1909. The community was located near Magnolia in a small sawmail and farming community

FENELLA

The Fenella post office was estlabished in 1897. It was located in Bushs store northeast of Gladish.

FETZER

The Fetzer postoffice was esttablished in 1913. It was located in the northeastern section of Waller County.

FIELDS STORE

The Fields Store post office was established in 1874. The community was located a couple of miles north of Waller.

FRIENDSHIP

GLADISH

The Gladish post office was established in 1885. It was located about 5 miles west of Fields Store.

HARVESTER

The Harvester post office was established in 1887. It was located between Hockly and Fields Store.

HEGAR

The Hager post office was established in 1899. It was located between Hockly and Harvester.

HEMPSTEAD

Hempstead was settled some time in the 1820's. By 1834 there was already a mention of a stagecoach robery near "Six Shooter Junction" in a newspaper. Hempstead was incorporated as a city in 1871

HIGHLAND HOMES

HOLIK

The Holik post office was founded in 1901. It was located just west of F.M. 359 10 miles south of Monaville.

HOWTH

The Howth post office was established in 1872. Howth was located east of Hwy. 6 near the Grimes County Line.

JOSEPH

The Joseph post office was founded in 1905. Joseph was located 2 1/2 miles southeast of Fields Store.

KICKAPOO

LESLIE

The Leslie post office was established in 1893. It was located northeast of Brookshire. It was originally called Leslie Switch.

MACEDONIA

MONAVILLE

The Monaville post office was founded in 1886. Monaville was a small farming community on FM 359 between Hempstead and Pattison.

PATTISON

Pattison is located a few miles from San Felipe on the east side of the Brazos River. The town was organized beside the Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railroad in 1872.

PENICK

PRAIRIE VIEW

The Prairie View post office was established in 1892.(See History of Pine Island) It is a small college town around Prairie View A. and M.. It is located on old Hwy.290 halfway between Waller and Hempstead. It was incorperated in 1969.

ROCK ISLAND

Rock Island was a small community near the Brazos River, north of Hempstead and south of the Grimes County line. Rock Island was also known as Arnold, Pennyman and Whitfield.

SLOVANVILLE

The Slovanville post office begin operation in 1897. The community was located 4 miles south of Waller and west of F.M. 362.

SUNNYSIDE

The post office in Sunnyside was opened in 1877. The community was located near the Brazos River about 8 miles northwest of Pattison.

UNION

WALLER

Waller is located on the old Hw. 290 spliting the Waller and Harris county line. The town was established in 1884 and incorporated in 1947. It was once known for God's Mercy Store, a general store owned by A.D. Peurvis who after a vision began selling his merchandise at costs. Customers added to the total what they thought was a fair profit.

WALLER'S STORE

Waller's Store not to be confused with the city of Waller, had a post office beginning in 1868, but called Irons Creek. Before 1868 it was called Thosophollis. By 1877, when the post office was reestablished it was called Jewell, but another post office already had that name so it was called Waller's Store instead. It was located about 2 miles west of Pattison.

WYATTS CHAPEL

Wyatts Chapel was a snall black community located northwest of Prairie View.

ZADOW

The post office in Zadow was estlabished in 1900. It was located 10 or 12 miles northwest of Hempstead near the Brazos River.