Peters is an

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in the

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. According to the

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, the community had a population of 95 in 2000. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

Geography

The community of Peters is north of Sealy and south of Bellville on SH 36 at Peters San Felipe Road. The location is bracketed by

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which is north on SH 36 and Farm to Market Road 331 which is south. The BNSF Railway runs parallel with SH 36 between Sealy and Bellville. On the west side of SH 36, Peters San Felipe Road goes south-southwest to end at Trenckmann Road. On the east side of SH 36, Peters San Felipe Road heads southeast to San Felipe. Two places of worship, the All Around Cowboy Church and the Christian City Fellowship are on the east side of SH 36 just to the south of Trenckmann Road. Camp Brosig, owned by the

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, is located nearby at 1893 Trenckmann Road to the northwest of SH 36.

History

Austin County was first settled by Anglo-Americans in the 1820s, but Peters did not come into existence until the

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF) was chartered in Texas in 1873 to build a railroad from Galveston, Texas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. By 1886, it had built from Galveston to a junction in Temple, Texas, which was founded by the co ...

was built between Sealy and Bellville in the 1880s. A station on the railroad, the community received a post office in 1883 and was named for Albert Peters, an early settler. The population reached as high as 125 in 1925 but declined to 70 by 1943. The post office closed in the 1940s at a time when there were two local businesses. In 1968 there were about 100 in the area. In the early 1980s, the community boasted a hospital, three commercial establishments, a church, and a clubhouse. From 1990 to 2000, approximately 95 persons were living in the area. There are currently only a few homes, a Boy Scout camp and two churches in the immediate area.

Education

The community of Peters is served by the

Sealy Independent School District Sealy Independent School District is a public school district based in Sealy, Texas, Sealy, Texas (United States, USA). In addition to Sealy, the district serves the towns of San Felipe, Texas, San Felipe and Brazos Country, Texas, Brazos Cou ...

Gallery

File:Peters TX Sign Hwy 36.JPG, Peters Community sign is on State Highway 36, looking to the southeast. File:Peters TX BSA Camp.JPG, Camp Brosig on Trenckmann Road is owned by Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. File:Peters TX Dance Hall.JPG, Peters Hall at Trenckmann and Peters San Felipe Roads is an old octagonal dance hall.

References

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