Augusta, Texas
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Augusta, Texas | |
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  Augusta  Augusta | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′54″N 95°19′51″W / 31.53167°N 95.33083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area codes | 430 & 903 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1384223[1] |
Augusta is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000.
On October 18, 1838, the community was the scene of a massacre. Four historical markers stand at the site of the massacre, which took the lives of early settlers and Native Americans.[2]
Geography
Augusta is located on Farm to Market Road 227, 16 mi (26 km) northeast of Crockett in northeastern Houston County.[3]
Education
W.M. Waddell was the teacher at the Augusta Male and Female Academy in 1860. The community had a school in 1885.[3] Local students (if any) go to school in the Grapeland ISD.
