Friday, Texas

Friday, Texas
Unincorporated community
Friday, Texas
Coordinates: 31°06′30″N 95°15′44″W / 31.10833°N 95.26222°W / 31.10833; -95.26222Coordinates: 31°06′30″N 95°15′44″W / 31.10833°N 95.26222°W / 31.10833; -95.26222
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Trinity
Elevation	276 ft (84 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	936
GNIS feature ID	1379803^[1]

Friday (also known as Ellis Prairie) is an unincorporated community in Trinity County.^[1] The community is located along Farm to Market Road 1280 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Groveton. A school opened in Friday in 1884, and a post office opened in 1903. The post office closed in 1955, and by the 1990s Friday had a store, a community center, and some homes. Its population was 99 in 2000.^[2]

References

1 2 "Friday". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Long, Christopher. "Friday, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

Municipalities and communities of Trinity County, Texas, United States

County seat: Groveton

Cities	Groveton Trinity

CDP	Westwood Shores

Other unincorporated communities	Apple Springs Barnes Switch Bennett Brush Prairie Carlisle Cedar Creek Centerville Centralia Chita Crete Friday Glendale Helmic Iris Josserand Lacy Magee Bend Moccasin Gap Nigton Nogalus Prairie Pennington‡ Red Branch Scrub Creek Sebastopol South Groveton Sulphur Sulphur Springs Thompson Thornton Trevat Vair Westville White Rock Woodlake

Ghost towns	Antioch Bohemian Boonetown Friendship Groveton Front McGinty Nathan Saron

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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