Reynard, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
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Reynard is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.
Reynard, Texas | |
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  Reynard Location within Texas  Reynard Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°24′38″N 95°39′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 430 & 903 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1380434[1] |
History
The area in what is known as Reynard today was first settled sometime before 1900. A post office was established at Reynard in 1901 and remained in operation until 1907. By the 1930s the settlement had two general stores (one run by a Beasley, one run by a Smith,) a cotton gin named Beasley Gin[2], a mill, and a church. Only a church and some scattered houses remained in the mid-1960s. Its population was 75 in 2000.[3]
Geography
Lone Pine is located on Farm to Market Road 2544, 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Crockett in western Houston County.[3]
Education
Reynard had two schools in the mid-1930s.[3] Today, the community is served by the Grapeland Independent School District.
