Lubbock To Abilene To Cleburne By Way of Fluvanna, Texas!

Liberty Hotel

Cleburne, Texas

February 8, 2024

Post, Texas

Must have been a thriving community at some point.

Fluvanna, Texas!

Fluvanna is an unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies just south of the Llano Estacado, high atop the caprock, where Farm to Market Road 1269 and Farm to Market Road 612 intersect.

Fluvanna is named for a surveyor's home county — Fluvanna County, Virginia. Fluvanna was established by realty promoters who knew where the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway would terminate to satisfy its charter's 50-miles-of-line requirement.

Fluvanna's importance lessened when the railroad closed the station in 1941 and major highways bypassed the area. The population dropped from a high of 500 in 1915 to 180 in the 2000 Census. The post office has closed in Fluvanna, yet the area still retains the 79517 zip code. Several wind power generation companies (i.e.: GE) have office and shop locations in town, there is one convenience store, but no gas station in Fluvanna.

Video of entering Abilene:

Wind turbine tower being transported on highway.

The entrance sign to Sweetwater, Texas was a wind turbine blade decorated with a Sweetwater mural (no photo).