Center Hill, Texas

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Center Hill, Texas
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Center Hill
Coordinates: 31°22′49″N95°14′50″W / 31.38028°N 95.24722°W / 31.38028; -95.24722
Country United States
State Texas
County Houston
Elevation
417 ft (127 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1383339 [1]

Center Hill, also known as Corinth, is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 105 in 2000.

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History

Center Hill had a church, a cemetery, and several scattered houses in the mid-1930s. Only a church and a cemetery remained in the mid-1960s. Its population was 105 in 2000. [2]

Geography

Center Hill is located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west of Kennard in east-central Houston County. [2]

Education

The community's first school, known as Corinth or Old Corinth School, was established in 1857 and continued to operate through the mid-1930s. It then joined the Kennard Independent School District. [2]

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