Gateway to Possum Kingdom Lake
Welcome to Strawn, a small Palo Pinto County city on the historic Bankhead Highway and a gateway to Possum Kingdom Lake and its canyon country.
Strawn is a small city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, set in the hills and canyons of the Brazos River country west of Fort Worth. Its early identity was tied to the railroads and to the coal mines of nearby Thurber, once a major bituminous mining center whose brick plant and company town supplied the region. When the Bankhead Highway—one of the nation's first transcontinental auto routes—was completed through town in the 1920s, Strawn remade itself as a stop for motorists. A former hotel facing the original Thurber brick street still stands as a symbol of that highway era and the surge of automobile traffic it brought. The community today is quiet and rural, with a compact downtown, a handful of local businesses, and farmland and ranchland stretching in every direction. Possum Kingdom Lake, impounded on the Brazos River in 1941, lies less than thirty minutes away and anchors much of the area's recreation, drawing boaters, anglers, and campers from across North Texas. The reservoir's deep blue water and cliff-lined shores give the region its nickname as Texas canyon country. Strawn carries an outsized reputation for its size. Strawn Independent School District's six-man football program has won multiple University Interscholastic League state championships, a distinction that has made the little town known across the state's football landscape. A local café long associated with oversized chicken-fried steak has also made Strawn a destination for travelers passing through on the highway. For homebuyers, the city offers genuine small-town Texas living with a strong sense of community, a frontier and coal-mining heritage, and easy weekend access to one of the state's most scenic reservoirs—all within about ninety minutes of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Strawn is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, in the Brazos River hill country about 75 miles west of Fort Worth. The town sits along State Highway 16 and is best known as a gateway to Possum Kingdom Lake.
Possum Kingdom Lake and Possum Kingdom State Park are less than a 30-minute drive from Strawn. The reservoir offers boating, fishing, swimming, and miles of lakeside hiking trails through the Brazos River canyon country.
Strawn is served by Strawn Independent School District, a small rural district based in the city. Its high school is best known for six-man football, with five UIL state championships to its name.
Strawn is known for its location on the historic Bankhead Highway, its access to Possum Kingdom Lake, a celebrated six-man football tradition, and a long-running café famous for chicken-fried steak that draws travelers from across the region.
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