Corinth, Milam County, Texas Explained

Official Name:Corinth, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Milam
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:449
Coordinates:30.8431°N -97.1353°W
Area Code:512
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2761957

Corinth is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States.

History

It was given the name Corinth after the biblical city of Corinth in Greece, which was colonized in 1847 by Germans and Czechs. Prior to the justice of the peace's office being relocated to Buckholts in 1892, Precinct Six's legal center was located in Corinth. The area was depicted on the 1941 county highway map as having a cemetery and a number of dispersed dwellings. On the county highway map from 1988, the town was only shown by a cemetery.

Geography

Corinth is located on Farm to Market Road 1915, 10miles west of Cameron in western Milam County.

Education

In 1903, Corinth had a school with two teachers and 97 students. It continued to operate in 1941. It joined the Buckholts Independent School District in 1950.