Summers Mill, Texas

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Summers Mill, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Summers Mill
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Summers Mill
Coordinates: 30°58′12″N97°25′54″W / 30.97000°N 97.43167°W / 30.97000; -97.43167
Country United States
State Texas
County Bell
Elevation
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466 ft (142 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 254
GNIS feature ID1380571 [1]

Summers Mill, also spelled Sommers Mill, is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas,[ citation needed ] only six people lived in the community in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

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Geography

Summers Mill is located on Salado Creek and Farm to Market Road 1123, 5 mi (8.0 km) southeast of Belton in southeastern Bell County. [2]

Education

In 1903, Summers Mill had a school with 58 students and one teacher and continued to operate in 1948. [2] Today, the community is served by the Belton Independent School District. Schools zoned for the community are Miller Heights Elementary School, Lake Belton Middle School, and Belton High School.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Summers Mill, Texas
  2. 1 2 Odintz, Mark (April 1, 1995). "Sommers Mill, TX". tshaonline.org.


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