Alexander, Texas

Alexander is an unincorporated community located in southern Erath County in Central Texas, United States.

[1] Alexander is located in the southern part of the county, along Texas State Highway 6 and Fm-914.

The town was originally called: "Harper's Mill" when the Post Office was approved for operation around the 1870s.

The name was changed in the 1880s, when the Texas Central line, part of the historic Katy Railroad, was built from east to west through the townsite on its way from the Waco area to Stamford, with a branch to Cross Plains from the line at De Leon.

On October 17, 1934, the Cotton Belt Route was abandoned from Stephenville to Hamilton.