Houston is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Wayne County,
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
.
Geography
Houston, Tennessee is located southwest of
Waynesboro. There are numerous creeks and branches in Houston which include: Indian Creek, Rayburn Creek, Davis Branch, and many more small streams. This area consists of timberland, hills, and pastureland. There are no major highways in this community. The only roads consists of county roads.
History
At one time Houston was the size of a small town with stores, a post office, and a school.
Economy
The economy of Houston is mainly
agricultural
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
, with main crops of corn and soybean.
Nearby cities & communities
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Waynesboro
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Clifton
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Collinwood
Collinwood is a historical area in the northeast part of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally a village in Euclid Township, it was annexed by the city in 1910. Collinwood grew around the rail yards of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (n ...
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Lutts
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Martin's Mills
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Olive Hill
References
External links
Picture of the old Houston School House
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Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Tennessee