Augusta, Texas
Augusta is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. 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.
Geography
Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County.
Education
W.M. Waddell was the teacher at the Augusta Male and Female Academy in 1860. The community had a school in 1885. 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.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Augusta, Texas
- ^ "Augusta, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ 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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