Moffat, Texas

For the community in Angelina County, see Moffett, Texas.

Moffat
Unincorporated community
Moffat is located in Texas
Moffat
Moffat
Moffat is located in the United States
Moffat
Moffat
Coordinates: 31°12′00″N 97°28′06″W / 31.20000°N 97.46833°W / 31.20000; -97.46833
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBell
Elevation
[1]
692 ft (211 m)
Population
 (2000)[2]
 • Total
800
DemonymMoffadite
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
76502
Area code254
GNIS feature ID1363026[1]

Moffat is a small unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The community was founded by Amelia Vancil and Chauncey Warren Moffet in February 1857 (the town was named after them but, at some point, misspelled). A store, built by William Elisha Pruett in the late 1860s, served as the main social focus for area residents for several years. The community has been referred to by several names: Moffattown, Moffatsville, Mount Green, and Gandertown; Moffat was chosen as the official name when a post office opened there in 1872. By the mid-1880s, Moffat had three churches as well as a steam gristmill and cotton gin and a variety of other businesses to serve its 200 residents.[3]

Cotton, cottonseed, and pecans were the area's principal shipments. The Moffat community reached a peak population in 1890 when it reported 350 residents. By 1900, its population had fallen to 147. The post office at Moffat was discontinued in 1918, and mail for the community was sent to Bland; the office opened again from February 1925 to December 1926, after which local mail was sent to Belton. From the late 1940s through the mid-1980s, the population of Moffat was reported at seventy-five to 100 residents. Moffat had 150 residents in 1990 and 2000.

A Texas historical marker has been placed on State Highway 36 10 miles (16 km) west of Temple, Texas, to commemorate the community.[4]

Chauncey Warren Moffet came to the area from New York and was a union loyalist during the American Civil War and was also a Confederate States of America soldier. He mysteriously disappeared after returning to the community in 1868. The community was platted by D.F. and Calista Wiswell. A local cemetery is also in use today.[5]

Geography

Moffat is west of Texas State Highway 36 and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Temple in northern Bell County.[4]

Education

By the mid-1880s, Moffat had a district school. The school at Moffat closed in 1974, and local students began attending classes within the Belton Independent School District.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moffat, Texas
  2. ^ Flat, Texas Detailed Profile - City-Data.com
  3. ^ Bell County Historical Commission, Story of Bell County, Texas (2 vols., Austin: Eakin Press, 1988). John J. Germann and Myron Janzen, Texas Post Offices by County (1986).
  4. ^ a b c Moffat, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  5. ^ "Moffat, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

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