Or a school, but not often now since small country schools have mostly been closed in the consolidation movement. Sometimes the center of a rural neighborhood changes. It might even move from one county to another. X' doesn't always mark the spot Its heart is now considered to be at the University of Texas Winedale Historical Center, which is in Fayette County about a mile north and west of this old house. Map makers usually put a dot there, and label it Winedale.
Travelers see that and figure it for a town.
But no town lies at that dot. There's no store there, no church, no gas station. Nothing but UT's historical center. Nearest thing to a business establishment is the center's office. The center does have a school house, but for museum purposes only.