Augusta, Texas
Augusta is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000.
History
On October 18, 1838, the community was the scene of a massacre. Four historical markers stand at the site of the massacre, which took the lives of early settlers and Native Americans.[2]
Geography
Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County.[3]
Education
W.M. Waddell was the teacher at the Augusta Male and Female Academy in 1860. The community had a school in 1885.[3] Local students (if any) go to school in the Grapeland ISD.
In popular culture
Augusta was featured in the Scott Nixon home movie The Augustas.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Augusta, Texas
- ^ "Augusta, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Augusta, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ Cooley, Heidi Rae (2014). Finding Augusta: Habits of Mobility and Governance in the Digital Era. Dartmouth College Press. doi:10.1349/ddlp.3556. ISBN 978-1-61168-523-7.
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