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The site of Grapeland became a destination for pioneers circa 1872, due to the establishment of the Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company. In particular, it became a crossroads between routes from Trinity to Augusta , and from Palestine to Crockett .
The 3.019-mile-long (4.859 km) highway is known as Main Street. The road passes directly through the center of Grapeland. The route was designated on January 20, 1977 as Texas State Highway Loop 531, but was changed to the current business route designation on September 26, 2003. Major junctions. The entire route is in Houston County.
East Texas is within the Black Belt region, the fertile area that was the center of cotton culture and enslaved African-American labor. [11] [12] East Texas has the largest Black population in the state. [13] Unlike Texas's total state racial demographics, only two counties in East Texas outside of Greater Houston's sphere had a majority minority.
Grapeland High School is a public high school located in the city of Grapeland, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Grapeland Independent School District located in north central Houston County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]
Salmon Lake Park is a unique private recreational vehicle park in Grapeland, Texas. It is famous for its bluegrass festival. [1] They offer Cabins rentals, RV, and tent camping year round. They host family and school reunions, parties, car shows, and festivals. They can be contacted at www.SalmonLakePark.com and by phone 936-687-2594
The 2024 UIL Texas high school football playoffs are here, and plenty of Central Texas schools will be vying for a state title. ... West Sabine (7-3) vs Grapeland (7-3), 7 p.m. Thursday at Timpson ...
Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. [1] Its county seat is Crockett. [2] Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county.
Historic SH 19. SH 19 was one of the original 25 Texas state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, overlaid on top of the Paris-Houston Highway. [2] The original proposal was for it to run from the Texas/Oklahoma border north of Paris to Houston.