Todville, TX

By: Rosa Tod Hamner

Type: General Entry

Published: 1976

Updated: July 1, 1995

Todville, also known as Tod, on the western shore of Galveston Bay in southeastern Harris County, was founded by John Grant Tod, Jr., in 1900 as a subdivision near the town of Seabrook. The town was originally named Morrisstown in honor of Ritson Morriss, the original grantee of the land, but soon became popularly known as Todville, which became the official name. State highway maps in 1936 showed a cemetery between Seabrook and Red Bluff at the former townsite, which by the 1980s had become part of suburban Seabrook.

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

Rosa Tod Hamner, “Todville, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 30, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/todville-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1976
Most Recent Revision Date:: July 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2022–2023

Texas Almanac 2020-2021


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Todville
Currently Exists: No
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1379168
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Harris County
Associated Names: Morrisstown
Coordinates: Latitude: 29.56661820°

Longitude: -95.01353900°

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