Ash, Texas

31°11′43″N 95°41′32″W / 31.19528°N 95.69222°W / 31.19528; -95.69222CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyHoustonElevation226 ft (69 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)430 & 903GNIS feature ID1379367^[1]

Ash is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 19 in 2000.

History

James B. Ash, a prominent local figure, was honored when Ash was founded in 1870. In 1890, a post office was established there, and by 1896, the settlement included a gristmill-gin and general store. The village had a chapel, two stores, and a handful of dwellings in the middle of the 1930s despite the post office closing in 1909; 10 people were thought to have lived there in 1936. The shops shuttered after World War II, and by the early 1970s, only a church and a few dispersed dwellings remained. Ash was a dispersed rural village in the early 1990s, for which there were no demographic estimates. However, just 19 people were living there in 2000.^[2]

Geography

Ash is located 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Crockett at the western terminus of FM 1280.^[2]

Education

Ash School opened in 1890 and had 58 students enrolled in 1897.^[2] Today, the community is served by the Lovelady Independent School District.

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