The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Florence Dissiway, a French woman from Alabama, who worked as a governess for a local family, gave the community the name Blanc Point c. 1850, which was later changed to Point Blank.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Point Blank is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Point Blank has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is San Jacinto County Courthouse in Coldspring, 11.9 miles away.
Point Blank and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Point Blank
San Jacinto County CourthouseColdspring · Classical Revival11.9mi
San Jacinto County JailColdspring · Victorian12.9mi
Riverside Swinging BridgeRiverside · Pratt-Truss Bridge13.2mi
State Highway 19 Bridge at Trinity RiverRiverside · Parker Through Truss Bridge13.5mi
William Keenan and Nancy Elizabeth McCardell HouseLivingston · Queen Anne16.4miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. San Jacinto County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Point Blank?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Point Blank’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.