Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Birdston (Navarro County)


Located on Farm Road 416 two miles northeast of Streetman in Navarro County, 
Texas.   It was probably established before the Civil War. In 1866 a Birdston 
post office opened, and by 1885 the town had two steam gristmill and cotton gin
combinations, a sawmill, five churches, and a public school. The estimated 
population in 1892 was 250. The 1895 Rand McNally atlas shows Birdston in 
Navarro County with a population of 3[?] and post office, but no express office 
or railroad.  After 1900 the town began to decline; many residents moved to 
Streetman, on the railroad. In 1909 the Birdston post office closed, and by the 
mid 1930s the community no longer appeared on highway maps. In 1990 the former 
town site was marked by only a cemetery and a few scattered houses. 

Masonic Lodge: 
Birdston Masonic Lodge #333

Church:
<known to have one.  name unknown at this point.>

School:
Birdston School - Grace Beauchamp Watson taught there before she married in 
November of 1904.

Businesses:
<known to have a store.  name unknown at this point.>

Cemetery:
Birdston Cemetery

Nearby Cemeteries:
Cade Cemetery (SW in Freestone County)
Birdston Valley Cemetery (NW, Navarro County)
Burleson Cemetery (Navarro County)