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Discover Broom City: A Hidden Gem in Southern Anderson County

By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: August 26, 2004

Broom City is a small rural community located off State Highway 294 and Farm Road 2419 about eleven miles southeast of Palestine in southern Anderson County. Highway maps in 1936 showed farms and one business in that area, and the settlement existed by name probably by the 1940s. Broom City had a few country residences and a population of twenty in 2000.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Broom City, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/broom-city-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HNBAL

Original Publication Date:
August 26, 2004
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Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place
Broom City
Currently Exists
Yes
Place Type
Town
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Anderson County
Coordinates
  • Latitude: 31.62276700°
  • Longitude: -95.52532700°
Population Counts
People Year
20 2009

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