Lissie 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
Wharton County, Texas
Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,570. Its county seat is Wharton. The county was named for brothers William Harris Wharton and John Austin Wharton.
Wharton Count ...
, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had an estimated population of 70 in 2000.
It is located within the
Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, is the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical ...
metropolitan area.
History
Lissie has a post office with the ZIP code 77454.
Geography
Lissie is located along
U.S. Highway 90A
U.S. Highway 90 Alternate is an alternate route to U.S. Highway 90 in Texas, United States, running from west of Seguin east via Seguin, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Eagle Lake, Rosenberg and Sugar Land to northeastern Houston. South of Dow ...
, west of
East Bernard and east of
Eagle Lake on the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...
in northern Wharton County.
Education
Since 1956, Lissie has been served by the
East Bernard Independent School District
East Bernard Independent School District (EBISD) is a public school district based in East Bernard, Texas, United States.
The district serves the City of East Bernard and the unincorporated area of Bonus. EBISD served Bonus since 1973.
In 200 ...
.
Notable person
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James Garrett Freeman - murderer
Wharton jury sentences game warden's killer to death
" ''Houston Chronicle
The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. ...
''. Friday, November 7, 2008
Gallery
File:Lissie TX Sign on US 90A.JPG, Lissie sign on US 90A looking southeast
File:Lissie TX Post Office.JPG, Post office
File:Lissie TX Grain Elevator.JPG, New grain elevator south of Lissie
File:Lissie TX Methodist Church.JPG, United Methodist Church
File:Lissie TX Old Grain Storage.JPG, Disused grain storage facility along US 90A
File:80-G-45376 (25824884997).jpg, The family of Johnnie David Hutchins stands in front of the Hutchins cottage in Lissie after he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (April 1944).
References
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Unincorporated communities in Wharton County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas