Marlow, Texas
History
The community was originally known as Devils Bend because of the illegal gambling that took place in the area in the 1880s. Ben Marlow was given a land grant for a Baptist church and cemetery, and the community was subsequently renamed Marlow in honor of him. The 1941 county highway map showed a church, a business, and several scattered houses in the area. Its population was 45 from 1990 through 2000.
Geography
Marlow is located a mile north of Farm to Market Road 2095 near the Little River, 3 mi (4.8 km) east of Cameron in central Milam County.
Education
A school was built on Ben Marlow's land grant. In 1903, there were two schools in Marlow; one had two teachers and 72 White students and the other had one teacher and 57 Black students. They joined the Cameron Independent School District in the early 1930s.