Patman, Texas

Patman is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 40 in 2000.

History

Patman was named for a local settler. The community originally centered around the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, which operated a switch station on a narrow-gauge line built here. It was soon taken over by the Kansas City Southern Railway and became a regular gauge. Patman had several scattered houses, a church, and a cemetery in 1990. Its population was 40 in 2000.

Geography

Patman is located on Texas State Highway 49, north of Avinger in western Cass County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the Avinger Independent School District.