Weedhaven, Texas

Weedhaven is a rural unincorporated community located at the intersection of highway 35 and 172 in southern Jackson County, Texas, United States, near the Calhoun County line.[1]

History

The area belonged to a man named J.F. Weed after being sold to him by the McHaney family, who owned a ranch on the site. In the 1940s, the crossroads on that site was named Weedhaven, after the Weed family.

In the 1950s, Weedhaven was the stop for tourists travelling between Houston and Corpus Christi, in which the area featured a cafe, a motel, a grocery store, icehouse, and gas station owned by George McHaney, who is the son of the original ranch owner, C. C. McHaney.

There were 35 people reported living in Weedhaven in the year 2000, and by that the time the village only consisted of a few scattered homes.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Discover Weedhaven: A Historical Overview of the Rural Hamlet". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
  2. ^ "Weedhaven, Texas, Jackson County". www.texasescapes.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
  3. ^ "Weedhaven, Jackson County, Texas". www.usgenwebsites.org. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.