Site of Prairie Point Community
Bertrambr/Burnet County, Texasbr/30 44.842' N 97 59.427' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of CR-274 and CR-280. Go 75 feet north on CR-274. The marker is on the left (east) side of the road.br/ br/Text: Anglo settlement of this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. By the 1870s settlers had established cattle and sheep ranches as well as a number of family farms. A community school opened in 1882 and remained in operation until 1921. The Prairie Point Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1883 and met in the schoolhouse until it burned in 1890. The congregation worshiped in a brush arbor until a new school was erected, then met at the school until 1906, when a new sanctuary was built. The church eventually was disbanded in 1957.