Official Name: | Sims, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sims |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brazos |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 253 |
Coordinates: | 30.6664°N -96.5517°W |
Area Code: | 979 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380545 |
Sims is a ghost town in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
Sims was a station on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad in the early 1900s. It had several scattered houses in 1949. The community only consisted of empty corn, oil and cotton fields in 1990.[1]
Sims was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad on Farm to Market Road 50, 10miles east of Bryan in western Brazos County.[1]
Sims had its own school in the early 1900s and had two in 1949.[1] Today, Sims is located within the Bryan Independent School District.