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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. |
The old schoolhouse
on Sempronius Road
Photo courtesy Carol Dawkins
More Texas
Schoolhouses |
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 |
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