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Abner, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°37′40″N 96°11′30″W / 32.62778°N 96.19167°W / 32.62778; -96.19167
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Kaufman
Elevation	535 ft (163 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	1384213^[1]

Abner is an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] It is located within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

The community was initially known as Johnson's Point starting in 1871, named after Abner Johnson, who settled the area in the 1840s after piloting a keelboat on the Trinity River two years prior. A post office under that name opened in 1871, but only lasted for two years, giving up its mail service to Terrell. The community changed its name to Abner in 1885, when a new post office opened, remaining open through 1903. After that, mail was sent from Kaufman. The community had 25 residents, as well as a barber, two doctors, and a general store in 1890. It gained ten more residents six years later.^[2]

Geography

Abner is located on Farm to Market Road 2727, 7 mi (11 km) northeast of Kaufman in east-central Kaufman County.^[2]

Education

Abner's first school district, named Johnson's Point, was established in 1885 by the Kaufman County Commissioner's Court. It joined the Kaufman Independent School District in 1949.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Abner, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stoltz, Jack. "Abner, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kaufman County, Texas, United States
County seat: Kaufman
Cities	Combine‡ Cottonwood Crandall Dallas‡ Forney Heath‡ Kaufman Kemp Mesquite‡ Seagoville‡ Seven Points‡ Talty Terrell	Kaufman County map
Towns	Mabank‡ Oak Grove Oak Ridge Poetry‡ Post Oak Bend Scurry
Villages	Grays Prairie Rosser
CDPs	Elmo Heartland Travis Ranch
Other communities	Ables Springs Abner Cobb College Mound Colquitt Gastonia Hiram Lawrence Markout McCoy Ola Prairieville Styx Tolosa Union Valley Warsaw
Ghost towns	Cedar Grove Cedarvale Jiba Peeltown Stubbs
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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