Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Center Hill, Texas

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 5 min

Center Hill, Texas
Unincorporated community
Center Hill is located in Texas
Center Hill
Center Hill
Center Hill is located in the United States
Center Hill
Center Hill
Coordinates: 31°22′49″N 95°14′50″W / 31.38028°N 95.24722°W / 31.38028; -95.24722
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHouston
Elevation
417 ft (127 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1383339[1]

Center Hill, also known as Corinth, is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 105 in 2000.

History

[edit]

Center Hill had a church, a cemetery, and several scattered houses in the mid-1930s. Only a church and a cemetery remained in the mid-1960s. Its population was 105 in 2000.[2]

Geography

[edit]

Center Hill is located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west of Kennard in east-central Houston County.[2]

Education

[edit]

The community's first school, known as Corinth or Old Corinth School, was established in 1857 and continued to operate through the mid-1930s. It then joined the Kennard Independent School District.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Center Hill, Texas
  2. ^ a b c Center Hill, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online


Stub icon

This article about a location in Houston County, Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_Hill,_Texas
10 views |
↧ Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF