Zephyr is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Brown County, Texas, United States.

The name "Zephyr", meaning a soft, gentle wind, was first used by land surveyors trapped in the area during a blue norther.

In 1885, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway completed a line from Brownwood to Lampasas that missed Zephyr by roughly a mile.

Most of the deaths occurred in residential areas on Zephyr's southern and eastern sides.

Zephyr's economy depended on cotton, but a boll weevil infestation and deteriorating market conditions caused the community's last gin to close in the early 1940s.

[2] In 2009, Mandi Moore enlisted the help of Joyce Baker, who attended the same church and was a school board member, to build Cross Classical Academy.