Ash, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 31°11′43″N95°41′32″W / 31.19528°N 95.69222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 226 ft (69 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 430 & 903 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1379367 [1] |
Ash is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 19 in 2000.
James B. Ash, a prominent local figure, was honored when Ash was founded in 1870. In 1890, a post office was established there, and by 1896, the settlement included a gristmill-gin and general store. The village had a chapel, two stores, and a handful of dwellings in the middle of the 1930s despite the post office closing in 1909; 10 people were thought to have lived there in 1936. The shops shuttered after World War II, and by the early 1970s, only a church and a few dispersed dwellings remained. Ash was a dispersed rural village in the early 1990s for which there were no demographic estimates. However, just 19 people were living there in 2000. [2]
Ash is located 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Crockett at the western terminus of FM 1280. [2]
Ash School opened in 1890 and had 58 students enrolled in 1897. [2] Today, the community is served by the Lovelady Independent School District.
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