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Ash, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°11′43″N 95°41′32″W / 31.19528°N 95.69222°W / 31.19528; -95.69222
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Houston
Elevation	226 ft (69 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	430 & 903
GNIS feature ID	1379367

Ash is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 19 in 2000.

History

James B. Ash, a prominent local figure, was honored when Ash was founded in 1870. In 1890, a post office was established there, and by 1896, the settlement included a gristmill-gin and general store. The village had a chapel, two stores, and a handful of dwellings in the middle of the 1930s despite the post office closing in 1909; 10 people were thought to have lived there in 1936. The shops shuttered after World War II, and by the early 1970s, only a church and a few dispersed dwellings remained. Ash was a dispersed rural village in the early 1990s, for which there were no demographic estimates. However, just 19 people were living there in 2000.

Geography

Ash is located 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Crockett at the western terminus of FM 1280.

Education

Ash School opened in 1890 and had 58 students enrolled in 1897. Today, the community is served by the Lovelady Independent School District.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ash, Texas
2. ^ Ash, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online

v t e Municipalities and communities of Houston County, Texas, United States
County seat: Crockett
Cities	Crockett Grapeland Kennard Latexo Lovelady
Unincorporated communities	Ash Augusta Austonio Belott Berea Burrantown Center Hill Coltharp Cooper Creath Creek Cut Fodice Germany Givens Hill Guiceland Hagerville Hickory Creek Holly Hopewell Livelyville Lone Pine Mapleton Mound City‡ Pennington‡ Percilla Pleasant Grove Porter Springs Randolph Ratcliff Refuge Reynard Stubblefield Tadmor Volga Weches Weldon Wesley Chapel Wheeler Springs
Ghost towns	Allen Chapel Antioch Arbor Grove Center Grove Druso Easley Chapel Elkins Halls Bluff Liberty Hill Mount Vernon Pearson's Chapel Plain Plainview Pleasant Hill Post Oak Prairie Point San Pedro Sand Ridge Shady Grove Shiloh Smith Grove Sorghumville Vistula Waneta
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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