Bethel, TX (Houston County)

Type: General Entry

Published: November 1, 1994

Bethel, a rural community off Farm Road 227 two miles west of Tadmore in eastern Houston County, was established before 1900. A local school had an enrollment of fifty-four in 1897. In the mid-1930s the community had a church, a store, a cemetery, and a number of houses. After World War II many of the residents moved away, but in the mid-1960s a church, a cemetery, and a few widely scattered houses still remained in the area. In the early 1990s Bethel was a dispersed rural community.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Christopher Long, “Bethel, TX (Houston County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 20, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bethel-tx-houston-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: November 1, 1994

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Bethel
Currently Exists: No
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1381401
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Houston County
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.42934710°

Longitude: -95.20299550°

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