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29°56′52″N 96°47′50″W / 29.94778°N 96.79722°W / 29.94778; -96.79722
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Rutersville is an unincorporated community in central Fayette County, Texas, United States. Rutersville College was located in the community during the mid-19th century, with Rutersville developing alongside the school. Both were named for Methodist missionary Martin Ruter, who had been instrumental in the college's founding before his death. [1]

Robert and Mary Munger invented the Munger system of cotton ginning in the late 1870s. At the time, they were operating Robert's father's cotton gin in Rutersville. [2]

References

  1. ^ Custer, Judson S. "Rutersville College". www.tshaonline.org. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Mann, Sally (2016). Hold still : a memoir with photographs. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 314–319. ISBN  978-0-316-24775-7.

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29°56′52″N 96°47′50″W / 29.94778°N 96.79722°W / 29.94778; -96.79722