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Flint, at the junction of Old Jacksonville Highway (2493) and Farm roads 2868 and 346, lies just south of Gresham and four miles north of Bullard in Smith County.
The site, named for local landowner Robert P. Flynt, became a stop on the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad in 1882. The post office began operations in 1887 as "Flint" since the local postmaster misspelled the town name on the post office application form.
In 1890 Flint had grown to have a general store, three cotton gins, a physician, and a population of twenty-five. By 1902, 100 families were engaged in truck farming, and shipped 85 railroad cars of tomatoes and large amounts of cabbage, cantaloupes, and peaches.
The town supported a blacksmith shop, a telephone exchange, a telegraph service, two mercantile companies, a cotton gin and gristmill.
 By 1914 local farmers shipped record amounts of nursery stock, fruit, and tomatoes from Flint, and the town had six general stores, a bank, and a newspaper, the Flint Weekly Reader. The Great Depression greatly injured the business of the area.
Today, Flint is experiencing exponential growth as a "bedroom community" for Tyler, and the successful location of new businesses.
Past
Glimpses of Tyler...by Robert Reed
Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon
House Historic Estate
Smith
County Historical Society
Historic
Tyler, Inc.
Heart
of Tyler Main Street Program
Historic US80
National
Register of Historic Places - Smith County Sites
Smith
County History (RootsWeb)
Tyler
History (City of Tyler)
Camp
Ford Historical Association
Preservation
Texas
Texas Historical
Commission
Texas
Downtown Association
Texas Association
of Museums
Texas State
Preservation Board
East
Texas Historical Association
Camp Fannin
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