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Bethel, Anderson County, Texas
Bethel is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas, Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, 50 people lived in the community in 2000. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Bethel lies on the upper northeast edge of the land originally granted to José de Jesús Grande on December 17, 1833. Although he agreed in his grant application to attract colonists to cultivate the land, little settlement occurred until after hostilities with the native tribes died down in the mid-1840s. Early settlers were situated around the land of Charles Gilmore (1796-1880) whose house served as the first polling place, school, and church. He donated part of his land to build the chapel and cemetery of Gilmore's Chapel Methodist Church (now called Gilmore's Chapel Cemetery). By 1852, the community had a general store, a blacksmith shop and post office with Charles Gilmore as postmaster. In 1854, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Uninc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
