Where You'll Find Willie Nelson's Childhood Home

Abbott, Texas, is in the Hill Country, an area in the central part of the state with rolling hills, grassland, and canyons, per Texas Parks & Wildlife. Abbott began as a railroad town in the 1880s during the building of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and is named after a local politician, Jo

Abbott, Texas, is in the Hill Country, an area in the central part of the state with rolling hills, grassland, and canyons, per Texas Parks & Wildlife. Abbott began as a railroad town in the 1880s during the building of the Missouri — Kansas — Texas Railroad and is named after a local politician, Jo Abbott, per the Texas Almanac. In "It's a Long Story," Nelson says it's located 70 miles south of Dallas and 30 miles north of Waco. Cotton was a major crop and Nelson — along with the rest of his family — picked the plant alongside his Mexican-born and Black neighbors.

His grandfather was a blacksmith, and Nelson enjoyed helping him at his work. They were "dirt poor" but "rich in love," according to Nelson, and got by with a small garden and some livestock. The home he grew up in is a two-story wooden home with a screened-in front porch, per Belt Magazine. At night the family would listen to the radio, another source of the music — from mariachi to country to gospel — that would inspire Nelson as he grew up.

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