Shiloh is a

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Houston County, Texas Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a Novembe ...

, United States, just off FM 2110. It was founded by Stephen F. Box in 1834. During the 1840s, religious revivals were held in the town, and attendees from

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camped in Shiloh. A local school was built in the 1850s. During the

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, the school was a draft post. After the war, the town declined. By the 1930s, Shiloh had a church and a few scattered houses. In the 1960s, the church remained (as it still does today), as well as very scattered houses. In 1973, a historical marker was placed in the town. Today, only the Methodist church remains.

External links

Shiloh, TX
at the Handbook of Texas Online

References

Geography of Houston County, Texas Ghost towns in East Texas {{HoustonCountyTX-geo-stub