Burleigh 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 northeastern
Austin County, in the
U.S. state of
Texas
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. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, its population was 69 from 1972 through 2000. It is located within the
Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Geography
Burleigh is situated a distance of southeast of Bellville where eastbound FM 529 intersects with northbound FM 331. From Burleigh, FM 529 goes east to link with
State Highway 6 in the
Houston
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area. FM 331 connects with
State Highway 36, to the south. For at Burleigh, FM 331 shares the right-of-way with FM 529, then it heads north before state maintenance ends at Oil Field Road. The
Brazos River is east on FM 529, which is also called Crump Ferry Road.
Burleigh is also located southeast of
Brenham.
History
The eastern part of Austin County was first settled in the 1820s, but the community itself did not appear until the late 19th century. A post office began operating out of a general store in Burleigh in 1893, but it closed in 1913. As late as 1968 the population was reckoned at about 150 souls, but in 1972 there were only 69 persons and remained at that level through 2000. There were three churches in Burleigh in the early 1980s.
Camp Gillespie, a
Confederate prison, was located in Burleigh.
Education
Burleigh had its own school in 1918 and had 62 students enrolled. It then had two schools in the early 1880s.
Today, the community is served by the
Bellville Independent School District.
Gallery
File:Burleigh TX FM 331 and 529.JPG, FM 529 at FM 331 looking east
File:Burleigh TX Ranch.JPG, Ranch in Burleigh, Texas
References
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Unincorporated communities in Austin County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas