Centreville, Texas

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Centreville, Texas
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Centreville
Coordinates: 32°19′50.73″N96°5′37.87″W / 32.3307583°N 96.0938528°W / 32.3307583; -96.0938528 Coordinates: 32°19′50.73″N96°5′37.87″W / 32.3307583°N 96.0938528°W / 32.3307583; -96.0938528
Country United States
State Texas
County Henderson
Area code(s) 430, 903
GNIS feature ID 2034427 [1]

Centreville is a ghost town in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It was the county seat from 1848 to 1850. [2]

Ghost town city depopulated of inhabitants and that stays practically intact

A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear disasters. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.

Henderson County, Texas County in the United States

Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 78,532. The county seat is Athens. The county is named in honor of James Pinckney Henderson, the first Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, and Secretary of State for the republic. He later served as the first Governor of Texas.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Geography

The ghost town is located in the eastern shore of the Cedar Creek Reservoir, on the Texas State Highway 334, between Eustace and Gun Barrel City. It lies in an area of recent urban development. [3]

Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas)

Cedar Creek Reservoir is a reservoir located in Henderson and Kaufman Counties, Texas (USA), 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Dallas. It is built on Cedar Creek, which flows into the Trinity River. Floodwaters are discharged through a gated spillway into a discharge channel that connects to the Trinity River.

Texas State Highway 334 highway in Texas

State Highway 334, abbreviated SH 334, is a 10.119-mile (16.285 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway begins at a junction with State Highway 274 in Seven Points and heads east to a junction with U.S. Highway 175 in Gun Barrel City.

Eustace, Texas City in Texas, United States

Eustace is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 991 at the 2010 census, up from 798 at the 2000 census.

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