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Augusta, Texas

Coordinates: 31°31′54″N 95°19′51″W / 31.53167°N 95.33083°W / 31.53167; -95.33083
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Augusta, Texas
Augusta is located in Texas
Augusta
Augusta
Augusta is located in the United States
Augusta
Augusta
Coordinates: 31°31′54″N 95°19′51″W / 31.53167°N 95.33083°W / 31.53167; -95.33083
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHouston
Elevation
374 ft (114 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1384223[1]

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

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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

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Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County.[3]

Education

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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.

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Augusta was featured in the Scott Nixon home movie The Augustas.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Augusta, Texas
  2. ^ "Augusta, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Augusta, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  4. ^ 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.