Pearson, named for Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson

Frederick Stark Pearson

Frederick Stark Pearson was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.-Biography:Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson was the son of Ambrose and Hannah Pearson. He graduated from Tufts University in 1883 with an A.M.B. and received an A.M.M. degree one year later...

, is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Medina County, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pearson was established in 1912 by the Medina Valley Irrigation Company as a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad

Southern Pacific Railroad

The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....

. The community lies approximately seven miles west of LaCoste

LaCoste, Texas

LaCoste is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,255 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:LaCoste is located at ....

 on FM 471 South and before the Noonan Switch and Natalia

Natalia, Texas

Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,663 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of the Medina Dam....

. It was formerly the site of a shop, a machinery and material yard, and a house for a caretaker. The proposed townsite was never developed.

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