Central High, Texas

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Central High, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Central High
Coordinates: 31°42′24″N95°03′14″W / 31.70667°N 95.05389°W / 31.70667; -95.05389
Country United States
State Texas
County Cherokee
Elevation
535 ft (163 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 430 & 903
GNIS feature ID2034644 [1]

Central High is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

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History

The area in what is known as Central High today was first settled in the early 1900s. It had a store and a Baptist church in 1919. The community center opened on May 12, 1963. The population was only 30 in 2000. [2]

Geography

Central High is located on Farm to Market Road 851, 4 mi (6.4 km) northeast of Alto in southeastern Cherokee County. [2]

Education

Mt. Zion, Nip 'N Tuck, and Sand Flat schools voted to come together as one due to the large increase in population in the area. They became known as the Central High Independent School District, the first district in Cherokee County. Ike Martin donated 4 acres (1.6 ha) of land for a two-story building in 1916. Central High School was opened that next year and became the community's focal point. It served children in the area who were in first through tenth grades and had around 225 students in the 1927-1928 school year. A tornado destroyed a portion of the school in 1931, but it was rebuilt thanks to WPA labor. In 1952, it joined the Alto Independent School District. The Central High Community Organization was founded in 1962 to purchase the school and land from nearby Alto. The building was restored and has since become a community center, with the Texas Extension Education Association holding meetings there every third Wednesday of each month. Some of its members were alumni of the school. It hosts an annual homecoming for former students and residents on the first Sunday each May. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Central High, Texas
  2. 1 2 3 Jasinski, Laurie E. (October 29, 2004). "Central High, TX". tshaonline.org.

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