| Minden | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rusk |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 469 |
| Coordinates: | 32.0136°N -94.7075°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 75680 |
| Area Code: | 903, 430 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Minden is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 350 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.
The original location of Minden was a mile east of where it currently stands today. The Lewis family relocated here from Georgia in 1849. H.W. Watson named the community for his hometown of Minden, Louisiana. A post office opened here in 1850 with William H. Pate serving as the first postmaster. In the next decade, the Marshall-to-Nacogdoches railroad built a track through Minden and had a store and a church. It then moved to its present site in the 1880s, in which it had 50 residents, a cotton gin, and three churches in 1884. The population went up to 155 with sawmills, gristmills, and a newspaper. It doubled during that decade but went down to 223 by the turn of the century. It went up to 250 in the mid-1940s, declined to 125 from the 1950s to 1960s, and went back up to 350 from the late 1960s through 2000.[1]
Minden is located on Farm to Market Road 1798, 12miles southeast of Henderson in southeastern Rusk County.[1] It is also located 7miles north of Mount Enterprise and 22miles southwest of Carthage.[2]
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Minden has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[3]
Minden had its own school in 1860. Rock Hill Institute was opened by G.I. Watkins in 1880 and was chartered in 1888.[1] Today, the community is served by the Henderson Independent School District.