Williamson County Historical Commission
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ROCK HOUSE, TEXAS est. 1878
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Rock House School, 1910s – 1920s. The school was one of the larger rural schools in the county in the early twentieth century. The Rock House community was also known as “Draco,” the name for the village that occupied the site before Anglo settlement.
(also known as Hunt Crossing)
Courtesy of Ralph D. Love
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Rock House Community - Historical Marker
(0.8 mi. on 3405 just off 183) A pioneer agricultural community of
Williamson County, this site was first settled in the late 1840s by
Uriah H. Anderson, a native of Tennessee who received a land grant here
from the state of Texas. By 1875 a rural school was in operation and
classes were held in the Bethel Church sanctuary. The settlement was
named for the stone structure, which was known as the Rock House.
Another church, Macedonia, which later became a Missionary Baptist
congregation, was organized in 1873. Early services and camp meetings
were conducted in a tabernacle. The settlement also included a general
store started about 1885 by T. C. Sowell, The village was later the site
of a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, an active farmers' union, and a
string band. A post office was opened in 1890 under the name of Draco,
an Indian word for the area meaning "favorite place." It closed two
years later. The school continued until the 1940s when it was
consolidated with Liberty Hill (5 mi.SW). The general store, later owned
by other residents of the area, was in operation until 1960. All that
remains of the original townsite is the Rock House Cemetery and the
evidence of early buildings.
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Rock House, Texas
by The Handbook of Texas Online