Flower Hill, Texas

Flower Hill is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.

Founded by emancipated slaves, the town is one of 13 known "Freedom Colonies," in the county.

[1] In the 1940s, a church, a cemetery and several houses marked the town on county highway maps.

In 1907, Flower Hill had a one-teacher school for fifty-four black students.

[2] The community continues to be served by Smithville ISD today.

Bastrop County map