Fratt, Texas
Encyclopedia
Fratt, Texas is located in northeastern Bexar County, Texas
, near the intersections of Interstate 35
and loop 410.
settlers prior to 1900, later it became a flag station on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. In the 1930's the community had a store, church, a station house, and a saloon run by the Willinbrock Brothers. Also, The Calia House, located 3/4 of a mile from the interchange, was said to be a brothel for workers riding the train to California or doing some work on the rails. In the late 1940's Fratt had a population of 25. The community is today represented only by a Fratt postal area and a Fratt telephone exchange. A Ford Dealership known as "Bob Alexander's Fratt Ford" rests near the site of the old saloonhouse.
Barker, William. "Studying The Railways: A Texas Perspective". Poli Sci 839 Thesis. Baylor University. 2005.
Bexar County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...
, near the intersections of Interstate 35
Interstate 35
Interstate 35 is a north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. I-35 stretches from Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota Highway 61 and 26th Avenue East. Many interstates used to have splits or spurs indicated with suffixed letters , but I-35...
and loop 410.
History
Fratt, Texas was founded by GermanGermans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
settlers prior to 1900, later it became a flag station on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. In the 1930's the community had a store, church, a station house, and a saloon run by the Willinbrock Brothers. Also, The Calia House, located 3/4 of a mile from the interchange, was said to be a brothel for workers riding the train to California or doing some work on the rails. In the late 1940's Fratt had a population of 25. The community is today represented only by a Fratt postal area and a Fratt telephone exchange. A Ford Dealership known as "Bob Alexander's Fratt Ford" rests near the site of the old saloonhouse.
Barker, William. "Studying The Railways: A Texas Perspective". Poli Sci 839 Thesis. Baylor University. 2005.