Gay Hill - Texas Ghost Town

GAY HILL

NAME: Gay Hill
COUNTY: Washington
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: I'm not sure who still lives there. The place is located about nine miles NE of Brenham off of FM 390 that intersects with Highway 36.Visit another Gay hill website.
REMAINS: A few residents and many buildings.

I really don't know the history or origin of Gay Hill.I was 10 years old and living in Bellville when my father took our family for a Sunday drive. He took us through Gay Hill, and we decided to stop for a moment at the general store. It was run by a couple of spinster sisters who had a distrust of men, and probably didn't like children, either. We bought some Cokes, and my father had to lay the money on the counter. One of the women would pick it up, make change, and lay the change on the counter. I remember that the store had rows and rows of boxes that contained buttontop shoes. I didn't know if they were for sale. The women also had a menagerie of about 30 cats that were running around loose outside. I don't know if the store is still open. Submitted by Darla Stark.	Friedens United Church of Christ Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Store Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Served at Gay Hill pre 1911. From 1911 - 1953 it served as a school for Afro-Americans in the Mound Hill District. It was moved to Independance by the Independance Historical Society. Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill Courtesy Mike Woodfin Gay Hill House Courtesy Danielle Moore

I really don't know the history or origin of Gay Hill.I was 10 years old and living in Bellville when my father took our family for a Sunday drive. He took us through Gay Hill, and we decided to stop for a moment at the general store. It was run by a couple of spinster sisters who had a distrust of men, and probably didn't like children, either.
We bought some Cokes, and my father had to lay the money on the counter. One of the women would pick it up, make change, and lay the change on the counter. I remember that the store had rows and rows of boxes
that contained buttontop shoes. I didn't know if they were for sale. The women also had a menagerie of about 30 cats that were running around loose outside. I don't know if the store is still open. Submitted by Darla Stark.

Friedens United Church of Christ
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

Gay Hill Store
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

Gay Hill
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

Served at Gay Hill pre 1911. From 1911 - 1953 it served as a school for Afro-Americans in the Mound Hill District. It was moved to Independance by the Independance Historical Society.
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

Gay Hill
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

Gay Hill House
Courtesy Danielle Moore

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