Allen Chapel, Texas
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Allen Chapel, Texas | |
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  Allen Chapel  Allen Chapel | |
| Coordinates: 31°22′21″N 95°09′02″W / 31.37250°N 95.15056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 430 & 903 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1377451[1] |
Allen Chapel is a ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1]
It was settled by recently freed slaves in the 1870s. An African Methodist Episcopal Church was established there around 1900 and was built on Nat Allen's land grant. It was subsequently named for Allen. The church and several scattered houses were in the community in the mid-1930s. These details remained the same in the early 1990s with the addition of a community center. Most of its current settlers are descendants of the original settlers.[2]
