Grit
Grit is an unincorporated farming and ranching community established ca.1889 in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The initial settlers considered naming the community after Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Frederick Funston, but a Funston, Texas already existed in Jones County and there was concern of postal delivery confusion.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,720 feet (520 metres)
- Description: ghost town in Mason County, Texas
- Also known as“Grit, Texas”“Grit, TX”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mason.
Mason
Mason is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Texas, United States.
6 miles southeast of Grit
Grit
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Latitude
30.78323° or 30° 46′ 60″ north
Longitude
-99.32006° or 99° 19′ 12″ west
Open location code
8622QMMH+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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“Grit” goes by many names.
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