Hawthorne
Hawthorne, on Farm Road 2778 some sixteen miles southeast of Huntsville
in Walker County, was named for the hawthorn bushes that flourished in
the area. The community was served by a post office from 1902 to 1919;
J. L. Gustine was postmaster in 1914. By 1911 Hawthorne had a school
with classes through the seventh grade, and in 1914 the town had a
population estimated at twenty-five and a general store, drugstore, and
gin. In 1929 the Hawthorne school and two other area schools
consolidated with those of nearby New Waverly. Around 1936 Hawthorne had
a lodge, a community school, a seasonal industry, two gravel pits, two
churches, and numerous dwellings. By the 1940s the community comprised
two businesses and a school. A cluster of churches served the
surrounding rural area in 1990. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hawthorne-tx