La Gloria is an

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in southern

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Education

The

La Gloria Independent School District La Gloria Independent School District No. 906 (LGISD) is a public school district based in the community of La Gloria, Texas (USA). The district has one school - La Gloria Elementary - that serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through six. ...

serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through six, while seventh through twelfth graders attend Premont or Brooks County (

Falfurrias Falfurrias ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Brooks County, Texas. Its population was 4,981 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, in a county that in the same census was just over 7,000. The town is named for founder Edward Cunningh ...

) schools, the latter including

Falfurrias High School Falfurrias High School is a public high school located in Falfurrias, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Brooks County Independent School District located in northern Brooks County which serves students coun ...

History

La Gloria is twenty eight miles west of Linn on FM1017 (U.S. Highway 281). It is located two miles north of the FM1017-FM755 intersection. A post office was established there in 1908, and by 1914 the community had a population of fifty, a cotton gin, a general store, and telephone service. The

San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway first began operation in the U.S. state of Texas in 1886. It was developed by Uriah Lott and businessmen of San Antonio as a direct route from the city to Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast. It was eventual ...

built a stop at La Gloria in 1914. The post office closed in 1918. In 1936 the community consisted of a school and scattered dwellings and farms. In 1963 La Gloria still had a school, as well as a water tank and an oil refinery. It remained a dispersed community in 1993.

Education

La Gloria is served by the

, the Premont Independent School District and the Brooks County Independent School District.

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* {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Jim Wells County, Texas