Nelleva, Texas

Nelleva, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°27′17″N96°11′11″W / 30.45472°N 96.18639°W / 30.45472; -96.18639
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brazos
Elevation	269 ft (82 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	979
GNIS feature ID	1380240 [1]

Nelleva is an unincorporated community in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas. ^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, no population estimates were available for the community in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.

History

The community was founded at the start of the 20th century as a flag stop on the International-Great Northern Railroad. There was a church, a school, and several houses in 1940, of which only the homes remained in 1980. The community continued to be listed on state highway maps in 1992. ^[2]

The Mexia-Nelleva Cutoff was built to shorten the distance between it and Mexia in 1905.

Geography

Nelleva is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2154 and a county road on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 22 mi (35 km) southeast of Bryan. ^[2]

Education

Nelleva had its own school in 1940 and joined the Navasota Independent School District in the 1960s. ^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nelleva, Texas
2. Odintz, Mark. "Nelleva, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.