Marlow, Texas | |
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  Marlow  Marlow | |
| Coordinates: 30°50′56″N 96°55′18″W / 30.84889°N 96.92167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Milam |
| Elevation | 371 ft (113 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 512 & 737 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2034840[1] |
Marlow is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 45 in 2000.
The community was originally known as Devils Bend because of the illegal gambling that took place in the area in the 1880s. Ben Marlow was given a land grant for a Baptist church and cemetery, and the community was subsequently renamed Marlow in honor of him. The 1941 county highway map showed a church, a business, and several scattered houses in the area. Its population was 45 from 1990 through 2000.[2]
Marlow is located a mile north of Farm to Market Road 2095 near the Little River, 3 mi (4.8 km) east of Cameron in central Milam County.[2]
A school was built on Ben Marlow's land grant. In 1903, there were two schools in Marlow; one had two teachers and 72 White students and the other had one teacher and 57 Black students. They joined the Cameron Independent School District in the early 1930s.[2]
