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List Of Unincorporated Communities In Texas ...
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places. See also *List of cities in Texas *List of cities in Texas by population References {{DEFAULTSORT:Unincorporated communities in Texas Texas geography-related lists Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Denson Springs, Texas
Denson Springs is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 100 in 2000. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History This area, originally called Ioni after a nearby native village, was granted to James Bradshaw in 1835. Upon his death in 1844, it was inherited by his brother, William Bradshaw, whose family arrived in 1849. In 1878, the growing community was renamed after William's daughter, Nancy Anne Denson, widow of William Denson. A post office was established at Denson Springs in 1893, and remained in operation until 1918. In 1896, the community only had a general store run by Wortham and Company, and then expanded to have 3 businesses, a doctor's office, a cotton gin and mill, and a church 5 years later. It had a population of 100 residents in 1914, as well as two general stores and a cotton gin. Several scattered homes were located in Denson Spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence, Texas
Providence is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Providence got its start by a land grant given to W.T. Miller on March 20, 1858, in which he was given 8 acres of land for a church and a cemetery. The residents and the community's masons built a two-story tall building with a church in the downstairs area, and a lodge called Providence Lodge No. 400 in the upstairs area. This lodge was chartered on June 15, 1874, and a man named George H. Stovall was the master. A tornado came by in 1900 and completely destroyed the building, which was then moved to the nearby town of Elkhart five years later. The community's church members worshipped under an arbor until the materials that were not destroyed by the 1900 tornado were used to build a new, one-story building. The community had numerous houses in the 1930s. The community's church then voted for its closure in 1935. Then, on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pert, Texas
Pert is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. Billy Meazell III is mayor of North Pert, TX. History The community was originally called Mount Vernon, but a post office going by the name of Pert was established in the settlement in 1899 and remained in operation until 1905. W.J. Dennis served as the first postmaster and was a local storekeeper before then. After the post office closed, the building was used as a church. A new church by the name of Mount Vernon was built in the community in 1913. It became a thriving community with a sawmill and a population of 200 in 1915. There was a store, a gristmill, and a cotton gin in Pert in the early 1920s. The community's lumber industry declined shortly after, and it eventually became a crossroads community with only one business and 20 settlers inhabiting the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neches, Texas
Neches is an unincorporated community in east central Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 175 in 2000. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History In 1872, the International-Great Northern Railroad was built through the area of Neches. J.J. Davis and Murdock McDonald, local landowners, donated land to be used for the expansion of the townsite and a train station. Neches' first post office, which opened the same year as the town, was called Nechesville. A Masonic lodge, two steam-powered sawmills, a gristmill, two churches, two general stores, and two saloons were in operation in the community by 1884 and the community had 100 inhabitants living in it. The community shipped lumber. Two cotton gins and a hotel were then added to the community's business directory by 1890 and had a large growth in population with 400 settlers. A local store owner named J.B. McDonald also acted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Springs, Texas
Myrtle Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Van Zandt County, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ..., United States. It was a new CDP for the 2010 census with a population of 828. Geography Myrtle Springs is located at (32.615084, -95.932873). The CDP has a total area of , of which are land and are water. References {{authority control Census-designated places in Van Zandt County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mound City, Texas
Mound City, also known as Houston's Mound, is an unincorporated community in Houston and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The Anderson County portion of the community is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Houston's Mound, as it was known then, was founded in the 1840s and named after an area where the terrain was higher than average. It was a thriving town until World War II; in 1930, Mound City had a general store, church, and a few houses. During the war, many residents were drafted or had to find work in larger cities. The city declined in population. There have been no population estimates since the 1960s when it was reported that a few houses remained. Geography It is located on Farm to Market Road 2022 on the Anderson and Houston County line, north of Percilla and about from Grapeland. Education Mound City was never large enough to provide quality education to the pupils, so the students attended school in nearby Percilla. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalba, Texas
Montalba is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central Anderson County, Texas, Anderson County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 809 in 2019. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Montalba was given this name when William J. Hamlett, Jr., applied to have a post office established in the community and for the building to be located east of the Trinity River (Texas), Trinity River and south of Beaver Creek (Texas), Beaver Creek as early as December 1881. The nearest post office at that time was in nearby Tennessee Colony, Texas, Tennessee Colony, located west of Montalba. Hamlett named the settlement Montalba, and it is thought to be named this because of the white sand on a mountain located east of the community. The post office was originally located at Beaver Valley, Texas, Beaver Valley, a community located about two or three miles north of the settlement, in 1848. P.G. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massey Lake, Texas
Massey Lake is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located within the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Massey Lake was named for an early settler who owned the land in this area. A post office was established at Massey Lake in 1922 and remained in operation until around 1956. In 1925, the settlement had 20 residents and it was that same number throughout 1966 when the last population figures for the community were available. During the 1930s and 1940s, there was only one business, two churches, and a few scattered housing units in the community. In 1985, it had a church, two businesses, and numerous homes. Geography Massey Lake stands along Farm to Market Road 2054, northwest of Palestine and southwest of Tennessee Colony in the western part of Anderson County. Demographics Massey Lake is estimated to have a population of 20, and according to the ''Texas Almanac'', has remained at around 20 people between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Lake, Texas
Long Lake is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas, Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area. History Long Lake was supposedly named for the nearby Long Lake (Texas), Long Lake, and was originally part of a large plantation that was purchased by Hugo Monnig in 1911. Even though this plantation developed the production of cotton, it became a trading and shipping port for agriculture in the surrounding area, since it was located on a former International-Great Northern Railroad. A man named A.L. Bowers unsuccessfully drilled many wells in the settlement in 1913 and several oil well, oil and gas wells created a profit that developed in the nearby lake's oilfield and the nearby Tucker by the Tidewater and Texas Seaboard Oil Company in 1932 and 1933. This field was thought to have been the largest in East Texas in the 1930s. It had five businesses and 125 inhabitants in 1939. There was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greens Bluff, Texas
Greens Bluff is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a part of the Palestine, Texas Palestine ( ) is a city in and the seat of Anderson County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was named for Palestine, Illinois, by preacher Daniel Parker, who had migrated from that town. The city had a 2020 U.S. census population of 18,544, mak ... micropolitan area. Notes Unincorporated communities in Anderson County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{AndersonCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |