Check Railroad records of Texas Central, now Katy and Stephenville, Alexander Orient Railroad. Many towns on Railroads were established by the railroad and named after a Rr Executive, like Hamlin, Texas. My wife's nephew and his wife-s family own most of it now- Carl Mitchell and Joe Mack Riley. happy hunting, Charles Wyly On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:20:10 -0700 David & Dawn Roberts <djroberts@worldnet.att.net> writes: >Can someone tell me who the town of ALEXANDER TX was named for? >Dawn > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]