Round Mott or Round Mott Community is a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in western
Wharton County
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 County c ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
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 ...
. The community was located northwest of
El Campo on
FM 1300. The settlement briefly had a post office in the 1880s. A school was in existence by 1905 and served the community until 1951. Only a private home, a cell phone tower and a disused church building remained at the site in 2015.
Geography
Round Mott is situated at the intersection of FM 1300 and County Road 393. This location is a distance of northwest of El Campo via FM 1300 and
State Highway 71. At the Round Mott crossroads, there is a church with an adjacent home and barn. A cell phone tower is located a short way to the east. Within a radius from Round Mott there are only four additional homes. However, there are more homes along FM 1300 to the east between Round Mott and
FM 1160.
Lookout Creek passes to the east of Round Mott.
History
The Round Mott community was significant enough for a post office to be opened there in 1888, but it closed two years later. By 1905, the settlement had its own school with one teacher and 13 students. Enrollment rose to 50 white and seven black pupils with two instructors in 1926. A map from 1936 showed a school, a church, several homes and two other structures in Round Mott. The school remained open until 1951 when it was absorbed by the
El Campo Independent School District
The El Campo Independent School District is a public school district based in El Campo, Texas, United States.
The district serves El Campo as well as rural areas in central and south central Wharton County.
In 2009, the school district was ra ...
.
A 1965 map showed only the church and a few structures.
[ Round Mott was still marked on 1989 state highway maps, but the church and a few homes were all that were left.][ By 2015, the only structures remaining on the site were a residence, an abandoned brick church and a cell phone tower.][See the two photos.]
File:Round Mott TX Church.JPG, Residence and unused church on FM 1300 at CR 393
File:Round Mott TX Cell Tower.JPG, Cell phone tower on FM 1300 near CR 393
References
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Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Wharton County, Texas