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PROVIDENCE, TX (SMITH COUNTY):
Providence is at the intersection of Farm roads 1258 and 857, six miles north of Garden Valley in extreme northwestern Smith County. Bearfield Branch flows through the area. The vicinity was originally part of the William Daniel survey. Educational facilities existed as early as 1903, when records listed forty-nine White students and one teacher. A school community just across the Van Zandt county line was also called Providence. A large two-story white frame building served as the school in 1909 when there were forty pupils. Maps for 1936 showed a few farms and an elementary school, which had three teachers and fifty students. By 1952 the school had been consolidated into the Van district, a Van Zandt County independent school district, yet maps for 1959 still identified the building. The community had a few dwellings and Providence Cemetery in 1973. Providence Church had been built by 1981, but the number of inhabitants remained small.

Census (family)-shared

Elzy Bruner Head Male 50 Mississippi - Carpenter, building
Myrtle Bruner Wife Female 47 Alabama
Ulman Bruner Son Male 20 Texas
Ruby Bruner Daughter Female 18 Texas
Fern Bruner Daughter Female 16 Texas
Worth Bruner Son Male 12 Texas
Ralph Bruner Son Male 9 Texas
Dorothy Bruner Daughter Female 7 Texas

Census (family)-shared

Elzie Bruner Head Male 60 Mississippi
Myrtle Bruner Wife Female 56 Alabama
Ralph Bruner Son Male 19 Texas - Clerk, Bank
Dorothy Bruner Daughter Female 17 Texas