Geography
Frost is located at 32°4′45″N 96°48′31″W / 32.07917°N 96.80861°W / 32.07917; -96.80861 (32.079218, -96.808544).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it is land and 0.88% is water.
Frost, Texas was founded by 5th generation Texan, Miles Frost in 1899 as a trading post for north central Texas farmers.
The town was established in 1881 when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway was constructed through Frost on its way from Corsicana to Hillsboro. It was named after Samuel R. Frost, attorney for the railroad and prominent local politician. Reference Annie Carpenter Love, History of Navarro County (Dallas: Southwestern, 1933) See also, www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/
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