Marlow is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 45 in 2000.
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History
The community was originally known as Devils Bend, but was renamed after Ben Marlow after he donated land for the establishment of a Baptist church, cemetery and school.
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.