Watkins, Terrell County, Texas

The area was inhabited by Native American c. 6,000 years ago. The area was later established in 1882 at a station of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway. It is also situated near Thurston Canyon. The settlement was named for a local roadmaster who built some railways for Terrell County. In 1934, the Buffalo Bayou Railway was acquired by Texas and New Orleans Railroad, who straightened the track to bypass Watkins.^[2][3]