San Pedro, Houston County, Texas

San Pedro is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.^[1] San Pedro is located along San Pedro Creek at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2022 and Farm to Market Road 2423, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Crockett. San Pedro was founded in the 1840s, and had a post office from 1848 to 1857 and from 1858 to 1905. In the 1930s the community consisted of a church, a cemetery, and a number of houses. By the 1990s, only the church and cemetery remained.^[2]

References

↑ "San Pedro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Long, Christopher. "San Pedro, TX (Houston County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

Municipalities and communities of Houston County, Texas, United States

County seat: Crockett

Cities	Crockett Grapeland Kennard Latexo Lovelady

Unincorporated communities	Allen Chapel Arbor Grove Ash Ashby Augusta Austonio Belott Brumberg Burrantown Center Grove Center Hill Cooper Creek Cut Germany Givens Hill Holly Hopewell Mapleton Mound City ‡ Mount Vernon Pennington ‡ Porter Springs Ratcliff Refuge San Pedro Sand Ridge Shady Grove Smith Grove Volga Weches Weldon Wooters

Ghost towns	Abe Alabama Antioch Broxson Coltharp Elkins Oakland Pearson's Chapel Pleasant Hill Prairie Point Robbins's Ferry‡ Shiloh Sorghumville Whitesville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 31°28′35″N 95°22′42″W / 31.47639°N 95.37833°W / 31.47639; -95.37833

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