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TUNIS, TEXAS


Burleson County, Central Texas South

30° 32' 41" N, 96° 31' 38" W (30.544722, -96.527222)

FM 166
On the West bank of the Brazos River
E of Caldwell the county seat
4 Miles NW of Snook
12 Miles SW of Bryan / College Station
Population: 150 (2000, 1990)

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St John The Baptist Missionary Church, NW of  TunisTx
St, John The Baptist Missionary Church, NW of Tunis
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006

History in a Pecan Shell

Settlement first began in the1820s. The town became a trading center for area plantations in the mid-1800s. Tunis had a post office in 1878. Dog races held on Sunday gave the community the unofficial name of “Dogtown.” During the 1890s Italian immigrants settled in the area and by the late 1800s the town was thriving with four physicians, a store, a blacksmith, a saloon, school, and church.

Population figures:
1904: 187
1936: 100
1941: 150

In 1945 the Tunis school merged with the Snook ISD. The New Jerusalem Church and the Old Bethlehem Church are still open and serving the community at the time of our visit in 2003.

Oldham Chapel AME Church NW of Tunis Tx
Oldham Chapel - AME Church NW of Tunis
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
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Tunis Tx Closed Store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006
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Tunis TX CR242 Double Signs
Seeing double
TE photos, 2003

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Central Texas South

Tunis, Texas Nearby Towns:
Caldwell the county seat
Bryan
College Station
Brenham
See Burleson County

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