Rutersville, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, US
Rutersville is an unincorporated community in central Fayette County, Texas, United States. Rutersville College was located in the community during the mid-19th century, with Rutersville developing alongside the school. Both were named for Methodist missionary Martin Ruter, who had been instrumental in the college's founding before his death.[1]
Robert and Mary Munger invented the Munger system of cotton ginning in the late 1870s. At the time, they were operating Robert's father's cotton gin in Rutersville.[2]
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- RUTERSVILLE, TX Handbook of Texas Online
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Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Texas, United States
County seat: La Grange
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- Ellinger
- Fayetteville
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- Round Top
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29°56′52″N 96°47′50″W / 29.94778°N 96.79722°W / 29.94778; -96.79722
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