Augusta, Texas

Augusta, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°31′54″N 95°19′51″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Houston
Elevation	374 ft (114 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	430 & 903
GNIS feature ID	1384223[1]

Augusta is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000.

History

On October 18, 1838, the community was the scene of a massacre. Four historical markers stand at the site of the massacre, which took the lives of early settlers and Native Americans.^[2]

Geography

Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County.^[3]

Education

W.M. Waddell was the teacher at the Augusta Male and Female Academy in 1860. The community had a school in 1885.^[3] Local students (if any) go to school in the Grapeland ISD.

In popular culture

Augusta was featured in the Scott Nixon home movie The Augustas.^[4]

See also

• Twenty-first Texas Legislature

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Augusta, Texas
2. "Augusta, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
3. Augusta, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
4. Cooley, Heidi Rae (2014). Finding Augusta: Habits of Mobility and Governance in the Digital Era. Dartmouth College Press. doi:10.1349/ddlp.3556. ISBN 978-1-61168-523-7.