Plantersville, Texas
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Plantersville is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Grimes County, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States
United States
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 at the junction of State Highway 105, Farm Road 1774, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in southeast Grimes County.

Education

Public education in the Plantersville area is provided by the Navasota Independent School District
Navasota Independent School District
Navasota Independent School District is a public school district based in Navasota, Texas that enrolls approximately 3,000 students.The district encompasses in southern Grimes and Brazos counties and includes the City of Navasota along with the rural communities of Millican, Courtney, White Hall,...

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Texas Renaissance Festival

Since 1974, Plantersville has been home to the Texas Renaissance Festival
Texas Renaissance Festival
The Texas Renaissance Festival is located in Plantersville, Texas.The Texas Renaissance Festival started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site.The festival features over 500 costumed performers and 17 performance stages....

, an annual event which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Over 400,000 visitors were recorded in 2009.

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