Long Mott, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

28°28′57″N 96°45′38″W / 28.48250°N 96.76056°W / 28.48250; -96.76056CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyCalhounElevation

26 ft (8 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code361GNIS feature ID1340496^[1]

Long Mott is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 76 in 2000. It is part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

German settlers arrived and established the location around 1853. The Upper and Lower motts, two sizable motts near San Antonio Bay, were home to the earliest settlements. Since the Upper Mott was the more extensive of the two, it was given the name Long Mott when a post office was opened for the hamlet in 1887. The first postmaster was Frederick W. Roemer. Anna Mary (Braentegam) Roemer and Dr. John were two more early settlers of Long Mott. One of the first Black residents was Guy Mission. In 1914, Long Mott listed 200 residents, a telephone connection, a lumber company, two general stores, and the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway as its means of transportation. Long Mott had 75 residents in the early 1930s. In the 1930s and 1940s, the community's population was recorded at 75; in 1952, that number increased to 100. 1968 saw the population peak at 125, and from 1970 to 2000, 76 were recorded as living there.^[2]

Geography

Long Mott is located south of the intersection of Texas State Highway 185 and Farm to Market Road 2235 in western Calhoun County.^[2] It is near Guadalupe Bay.

Education

In 1892, a school was founded in Long Mott, with Harriet (Reeves) Thayer as the initial instructor. Eleven pupils were taught by a single instructor in the community in 1904. Six teachers were teaching 133 White children in its classrooms by 1939, while one was teaching eighteen Black kids. Students from Long Mott were bused to Port Lavaca schools after the Long Mott school district was merged into the broader county school district in 1955.^[2]