Publications Education Events Southwestern Historical Quarterly The Handbook of Texas Online TSHA Home About Us News Site Search Contact Us Giving Opportunities Links FAQ Join the TSHA
skip to content
TSHA Online Home
Handbook of 
 Texas Online


The Source for All Things Texan Since 1857: Texas Almanac



Used Car Buying Guide
Listings, News, Tips,
Insurance Information,
Reviews and More

format this article to print

GALILEE, TEXAS (Hopkins County). Galilee, a farming community a mile west of Farm Road 69 and ten miles southeast of Sulphur Springs in southeastern Hopkins County, was established by the late 1890s, when a public school was operating there. In 1898 the school had an enrollment of forty-one black students. By the mid-1930s the community had a number of scattered houses and a church, school, and cemetery. After World War IIqv most of Galilee's residents moved away. The community's school was consolidated with the Como school district, and by the early 1960s all that remained at the site was the church and a cemetery. In the late 1980s Galilee was a dispersed rural community.

Christopher Long

 

Support the Handbook of Texas by donating today!
To join the TSHA, visit our membership information page.

Copyright © Texas State Historical Association
Terms of Use  Comment/Contact  Policy Agreement  Last Updated: January 17, 2008
Published by the Texas State Historical Association and distributed
in partnership with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, a Harcourt Education Company