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Easterly, Texas is located in Texas
Easterly, Texas
Easterly, Texas
Location in Texas
Easterly, Texas is located in the United States
Easterly, Texas
Easterly, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
County Robertson
Elevation
387 ft (118 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 979
GNIS feature ID 1356768

Easterly is an unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas, United States. Easterly is located on U.S. Route 79, northeast of Franklin.

History

Easterly was settled in the 1870s under the name Acorn. Its first residents were former residents of Lake Station who left the community because of its frequent fever epidemics. A post office opened in Acorn in 1881; Dan Easterly, Sr., was the first postmaster. This first post office closed in 1891. The community's name was changed to Easterly when the International-Great Northern Railroad opened a station there. A new post office opened in Easterly in 1894; the first postmaster of that post office was Dan J. Easterly. The community's population peaked at 700 in 1914. Easterly began to decline after World War I, and by 2000, the population had decreased to 61.

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