Centreville is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Henderson County, located 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 so ...
of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
.
It was the county seat from 1848 to 1850.
Geography
The ghost town is located in the eastern shore of the
Cedar Creek Reservoir, on the
Texas State Highway 334
State Highway 334 (SH 334) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway begins at a junction with State Highway 274 (SH 274) in Seven Points and heads east to a junction with U.S. Highway 175 (US 175) in Gun Barrel City.
H ...
, between
Eustace
Eustace ( ) is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names:
*Εὔσταχυς (''Eústachys'') meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are ''Fæcundus/Fecundus''
*Εὐστά ...
and
Gun Barrel City. It lies in an area of recent urban development.
"Adopt a Town: Centreville"
( TSHA – Texas State Historical Association)
References
Geography of Henderson County, Texas
Ghost towns in East Texas
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