{{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pflugerville Colored Addition | official_name = Historic Colored Addition | settlement_type = Historic district | pushpin_map = Texas#USA | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Texas | pushpin_label = Pflugerville Colored Addition | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{Coord|30|26|46|N|97|37|52|W|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Texas | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Travis County | subdivision_type3 = City | subdivision_name3 = Pflugerville }} '''Pflugerville Colored Addition''' (also referred to as the '''Historic Colored Addition''') is a historically significant neighborhood on Farm Road 1825 west of Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, United States.
== History == The settlement was founded in 1910 by La Rue Noton, for black cotton and ice factory workers who were excluded from migrating into Pflugerville. Noton owned 1200 acres of land, set aside roughly an acre, and sold lots to the black workers for $50 each.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clifford Ward Collection |url=https://cdm16891.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16891coll15 |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=Pflugerville Digital History Project}}</ref> In April 1910, the settlement was officially recorded in county documents as "Pflugerville's Colored Addition". The original settlers of this community includes Pete McDade, George Caldwell, Will Smith, Ned Tyson, Willie Allen, and their families.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Pflugerville |url=https://pflugervilletx.gov/724/History-of-Pflugerville |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=pflugervilletx.gov |language=en}}</ref>
A church called the St. Mary Baptist Church was built in the area in 1910,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.stmarybaptist.org/About_St._Mary.html |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=stmarybaptist.org}}</ref> and then another in 1920, called the St. Matthew's Missionary Church, which would close in 1973. In the same year, the community, by the help of citizens Mr.Tyson and George Caldwell, would also set a land aside for a cemetery for deceased African Americans,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1bGMlOj7E |title=Remembering The Pflugerville Historic Colored Addition Cemetery |date=2018-02-20 |last=Pflugerville Public Library |access-date=2026-02-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref> called Russel's Place to Rest (formerly St. Mary's cemetery), and another for deceased Mexican Americans, called Santa Maria Cemetery (formerly San Camilo).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colored Addition Plat and Survey |url=https://cdm16891.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16891coll15/id/5/rec/2 |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=Pflugerville Digital History Project}}</ref> St. Mary Baptist Church was rebuilt in 1959 on Farm Road 1825.
The community built an elementary school in 1928. In 1965, following the statewide trends of school desegregation in Texas caused by United States v. Texas (1970),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniel |first=Brad |title=United States v. Texas (1970) |url=https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/370 |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=East Texas History |language=en-US}}</ref> including the formerly segragated Pflugerville school district,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Segregation in Austin, Texas: A Selected Bibliography |url=https://library.austintexas.gov/library/2022-04/Segregation-bibliography.pdf |publisher=Austin Public Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating African-American Culture |url=https://www.pfisd.net/about-us/about-pfisd/diversity/celebrating-african-american-culture |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=www.pfisd.net |language=en-US}}</ref> the school in Colored Addition would then move to main Pflugerville.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Pflugerville Colored Addition: A Community's Journey |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/pflugerville-colored-addition |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref>
In 1978, the Travis County commissioners proposed for the community's official name to the Western Addition. However, that planned was cancelled due to their inability to gain legal approval from its residents to change its name.
In 2020, with a $230,000 budget, the settlement would oversee major improvements in its streets, utilities, and drainage, with the oversight of the Pflugerville city council.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-14 |title=Pflugerville’s ‘Historic Colored Addition’ to see big changes with approval of city funds |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/pflugervilles-historic-colored-addition-to-see-big-changes-with-approval-of-city-funds/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20201204025447/https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/pflugervilles-historic-colored-addition-to-see-big-changes-with-approval-of-city-funds/ |archive-date=2020-12-04 |access-date=2026-01-23 |work=KXAN Austin |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Pflugerville Colored Addition to get major improvements |url=https://www.fox7austin.com/video/655844 |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=FOX 7 Austin |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2022, about $5.7 million dollars were spent for improvements in the community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unearthing History {{!}} Decibel |url=https://decibelatx.org/culture/unearthing-history/ |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=decibelatx.org |language=en}}</ref>In 2025, the Pflugerville City Council approved a contract with a family-owned construction company, Joe Bland Construction,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Bland Construction {{!}} Leading Texas Civil Contractors |url=https://joeblandconstruction.com/ |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=Joe Bland Construction, L.P. |language=en-US}}</ref> to improve several streets, sidewalks, lighting, plumbing, underground utilities and utilities duct bank, allocating $8 million into the project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warhurst |first=Gracie |date=2025-01-29 |title=$8 million going to roads in Pflugerville Historic Colored Addition Subdivision |url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/pflugerville-hutto/transportation/2025/01/29/8-million-going-to-roads-in-pflugerville-historic-colored-addition-subdivision/ |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=Community Impact |language=English}}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in Travis County, Texas Category:Historic districts in Texas