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SEMPRONIUS, TEXAS


Texas Ghost Town
Austin County, Central Texas South

30° 4' 13" N 96° 16' 50" W

South Bank of Caney Creek
8 Miles N of Bellville the county seat
S of Brenham
Population: 0

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History in a Pecan Shell

Settled in 1837, the town received a post office in 1846. The initial Anglo settlers were joined by a flood of German immigrants in the early 1880s.

In the mid 1880s, Sempronius reported a population of 150 with businesses that included a steam-powered gristmill and a gin. The town also had a school and two churches.

In the early 1880s, Sempronius suffered the fate of hundreds of Texas towns: death by railroad bypass. The railroad in this case was the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe.

Sempronius was depopulated with some residents moving to nearby Kenney and others to Brenham, Bellville or beyond.

In 1905 the town saw its post office close and the town was totally abandoned before 1920.

Sempronius Texas, Austin County old schoolhouse
The old schoolhouse on Sempronius Road
Photo courtesy Carol Dawkins
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Photographer's Note:

Old Schoolhouse on Sempronius Road

My mother when she was a young girl lived in the old schoolhouse on Sempronius Road in Austin County, Texas. She lived in this house until she was 11. Her parents moved into another house just up the road from it. I was hoping to find more infomation about the old schoolhouse. - Carol Dawkins, April 5, 2016

Austin County Texas 1907 postal map
Austin County 1907 postal map showing the railroads and Sempronius
N of Bellville
near Washington County line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Central Texas South

Sempronius, Texas Nearby Towns:
Bellville the county seat
Hempstead
Brenham
Sealy | Cat Spring | Columbus

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