Port Sullivan, Texas

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Port Sullivan
Ghost town
Country United States
State Texas
County Milam

Port Sullivan, Texas is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas. [1] It was established in 1835 by Augustus W. Sullivan. [2] By the 1850s, Joseph P. Sneed, a pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, founded the Port Sullivan Male and Female Institute (also known as the Port Sullivan College). [2] The town is home to the Port Sullivan Cemetery. [3]

Ghost town City depopulated of inhabitants and that stays practically intact

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References

  1. ↑ "PORT SULLIVAN, TX". Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Luecke, Jan (March 28, 1968). "Brazos' Port Sullivan... Marker, Cemetery Remain" . The Cameron Herald. Cameron, Texas. Retrieved February 9, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Port Sullivan Cemetery". Milam County Historical Commission. Retrieved February 9, 2016.

Coordinates: 30°51′58″N96°41′44″W / 30.86611°N 96.69556°W / 30.86611; -96.69556

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