Robert Calvert (Texas pioneer)

Robert Calvert (February 19, 1802 - September 20, 1867) was a community founder and state legislator in Texas. He had a plantation west of what became the town of Calvert, Texas, named for him. He served in the Texas House of Representatives. He urged the Houston and Texas Central Railway to build through the area. The Houston and Texas Central Railroad agreed to build a station in the town in 1868.

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