Augusta, Texas Explained

Official Name:Augusta, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Augusta
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Houston
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:374
Coordinates:31.5317°N -95.3308°W
Area Code:430 & 903
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1384223

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.[1]

Geography

Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16miles 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.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Augusta, Texas . Texas Escapes Online Magazine . 2023-06-27.
  2. Book: Cooley, Heidi Rae. Finding Augusta: Habits of Mobility and Governance in the Digital Era. 2014. Dartmouth College Press. 10.1349/ddlp.3556 . 978-1-61168-523-7.