Corbet

Navarro County, Texas

A map of where this is in the county. — 1.9 mi north-east of Oak Valley · Navarro County

Corbet sits on Farm Road 2452, six miles southwest of Corsicana between Briar and Cedar creeks, on the old St. Louis Southwestern Railway line. It began in 1866 as Cook's Schoolhouse, was later called Waters, then took the name Corbet; its post office ran from 1893 to 1929. Population peaked near three hundred in 1914 and has held at about eighty since 1970.

Corbet in red on the General Land Office map of Navarro County, 1924, among the original land grants — Corbet on the Land Office's county map of July 1924, in red; the names around it are the original land grants. Courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin. Map 73249, Navarro County, July 1924. Used under licence. The whole county map →

Also within two miles. Burying grounds: Marshall Cemetery · Markers: Annie Carpenter Love · Fire department: Corbet-Oak Valley Volunteer Fire Department.

Among the places · On the map

From Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas, entry for Corbet, Navarro County (David Allen)..