Berea | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 31°20′04″N95°18′41″W / 31.33444°N 95.31139°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Houston |
GNIS feature ID | 1381394 [1] |
Berea is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas,[ citation needed ] the community had a population of 41 in 2000.
The area in what is known as Berea today was founded sometime before 1900. There were two churches, several stores, a cemetery, and several scattered houses in the mid-1930s. There was only one church, a cemetery, and several houses in the mid-1960s. Its population was 41 in 2000. [2]
Berea is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 7 and Farm to Market Road 232, 8 mi (13 km) east of Crockett in east-central Houston County. [2]
Today, the community is served by the Kennard Independent School District.