Sulphur, Bowie County, Texas Explained

Official Name:Sulphur, Texas
Settlement Type:Ghost town
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Sulphur
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bowie
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:236
Coordinates:33.3128°N -94.0558°W
Area Code:430 & 903
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1384147

Sulphur is a ghost town in Bowie County, Texas, United States.

History

Sulphur may have been settled when the Texas Pacific Railway was built through the area in the 1870s. A post office was established at Sulphur in 1874 and remained in operation until 1899, with L.C. Leeds as postmaster. Its name was changed to Sulphur Station. It had a gristmill and three mills for lumber, shingles, and planing in 1884 and reported a population of 300. It went down to 100 from 1890 to 1896. There were a few scattered houses in Sulphur in 1936 and was only referred to as Sulphur. It may have been the site of another post office from 1903 to 1904. The community disappeared in 1984.[1]

Geography

Sulphur was on the eastern end of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Sulphur River, 10miles south of Texarkana.[1]

Education

Sulphur is located within the Liberty-Eylau Independent School District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sulphur, TX. Harper, Jr.. Cecil. 2022-09-20. tshaonline.org.