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Houston County, Texas

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1837formed

22,066pop. 2020

121cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Crockett, Grapeland, Kennard.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Downes-Aldrich House	Crockett	Building	1978
First United Methodist Church	Crockett	Building	2011
Houston County Courthouse	Crockett	Building	2010
Mary Allen Seminary for Colored Girls, Administration Building	Crockett	Building	1983
Monroe-Crook House	Crockett	Building	1971
Swale at Mission Tejas State Park	Grapeland	Site	2019
Westerman Mound	Kennard	Site	1971

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Houston was formed in 1837 (1837-06-12) from Nacogdoches.

HOUSTON created by the Republic of Texas from NACOGDOCHES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Houston County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,721	8,058	16,702	25,452	28,601	31,137	22,825	19,376	22,299	23,185	22,066

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

121 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 121 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams - Little Memorial Cemetery	31.08042	-95.58724
Anthom Cemetery	31.54462	-95.60968
Antioch Cemetery	31.37213	-95.12966
Arnold Cemetery	31.54407	-95.05355
Augusta Cemetery	31.53518	-95.32883
Bethel Cemetery	31.42935	-95.203
Bobbitt Cemetery	31.52907	-95.273
Bodenhamer Cemetery	31.56683	-95.29469
Bogg Cemetery	31.20805	-95.67964
Box Cemetery	31.27447	-95.42313
Box Family Cemetery	31.3935	-95.42281
Brent Cemetery	31.41781	-95.1867
Brown Cemetery	31.54212	-95.46773
Bynum Cemetery	31.21129	-95.56384
Cal Wooten Cemetery	31.13768	-95.41189
Campbell Cemetery	31.35267	-95.60008
Campbell Cemetery	31.34907	-95.63301
Center Hill Cemetery	31.18324	-95.45022
Concord Cemetery	31.35101	-95.31661
Conner Cemetery	31.43879	-95.13994
Cook - Hale - Barbee Cemetery	31.27286	-95.43412
Corinth Cemetery	31.3674	-95.21049
Creasy Cemetery	31.28014	-95.15984
Dan and Hannah McLean Graves	31.53101	-95.24966
Davidson Cemetery	31.45907	-95.44495
Davis Family Cemetery	31.51018	-95.32217
Denson Cemetery	31.48351	-95.43745
Douglas Cemetery	31.09268	-95.62745
Dunham-Harmon Cemetery	31.51546	-95.44828
Easley Cemetery	31.56138	-95.17746
Easley Cemetery	31.56129	-95.17744
Edens-Madden Massacre Cemetery	31.48685	-95.36217
Eleck Turk Grave	31.5249	-95.44217
English Cemetery	31.36324	-95.28911
Enon Cemetery	31.50157	-95.43161
Enon Cemetery	31.36601	-95.08049
Evergreen Cemetery	31.13546	-95.45022
Fennell Memory Garden	31.45685	-95.26244
Ferrell Women Graves	31.45351	-95.56967
Fodice Cemetery	31.1824	-95.28855
Franklin Cemetery	31.54101	-95.2305
Glenwood Cemetery North Sector	31.32212	-95.46134
Glenwood Cemetery South Sector	31.32101	-95.46078
Glover Cemetery	31.5049	-95.3055
Grounds Cemetery	31.43046	-95.34911
Gulceville Cemetery	31.56573	-95.48023
Hagan Cemetery	31.27796	-95.51578
Halls Field Cemetery	31.3974	-95.60828
Hauser Property Cemetery	31.53907	-95.60356
Hays Spring Cemetery	31.46684	-95.53217
Helton Cemetery	31.30796	-95.1341
Huffman Cemetery	31.0288	-95.49189
Ivie Baptist Church Cemetery	31.3141	-95.10785
Ivie Cemetery	31.28546	-95.13049
Jiel Huntley Cemetery	31.26559	-95.45821
John Sheridan Grave	31.54157	-95.32939
Johnston Cemetery	31.51768	-95.46356
Kennedy Cemetery (historical)	31.56212	-95.178
Kilgore Cemetery	31.40546	-95.05521
Latexo Cemetery	31.41296	-95.49606
Luce Cemetery	31.38768	-95.0391
Lynwood Cemetery	31.4449	-95.61106
Mason Cemetery	30.94296	-95.60305
Mayes Cemetery	31.28101	-95.57439
McCann Cemetery	31.40823	-95.5794
McCarthy Chapel Cemetery	31.4299	-95.39911
McKinney and Wells Family Cemetery	31.44935	-95.11327
Meriwether Cemetery	31.4274	-95.61801
Mexican Prisoners Grave	31.4524	-95.11133
Milligan Cemetery	31.41935	-95.45884
Moffit Creath Cemetery	31.44212	-95.23022
Mount Moriah Cemetery	31.2649	-95.54134
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	31.37296	-95.00077
Mount Vernon Cemetery	31.40851	-95.0866
Mount Zion Cemetery	31.42962	-95.61801
Murdock Cemetery	31.47323	-95.45606
New Hope Cemetery	31.36018	-95.19661
New Salem Cemetery	31.43601	-95.48884
Old Cemetery	31.39629	-95.13744
Old Cemetery	31.42018	-95.22355

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch	31.09741	-95.50411
Bluff City	31.54073	-95.14438
Bobbittville	31.53018	-95.27244
Glover	31.50546	-95.30828
Halls Bluff Town	31.35824	-95.66023
McKinleyville	31.46157	-95.09772
Mustang Prairie	31.26046	-95.55245

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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