Official Name: | New Colony, Cass County, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | New Colony |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cass |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 302 |
Coordinates: | 33.0478°N -94.2992°W |
Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378738 |
New Colony is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 65 in 2000.
The area in what is known as New Colony today was first settled in the late 1880s by people from South Carolina. The wife of J.T. Latham decided to name it New Colony since it was their new home. A local Baptist church was founded in 1889 and several families surnamed Carwile, Elgins, Washington, Crowson, and Martin helped to charter it. Zachariah H. Carwile donated land for another church in 1904. Four years later, it was destroyed by a tornado, but it was rebuilt within a year. A cemetery was located behind the church, and Carwile's grave is the oldest dating back to his death in 1917. It had several homes and businesses in the 1930s. Throughout the 20th century, New Colony was a farming community. It had 65 residents and a woodworking shop as the only business in 2000.
New Colony is located on Texas State Highway 59, 4miles northeast of Linden in east-central Cass County.
New Colony had its own school in the 1930s. Today, the community is served by the Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District.