Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
Minden is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas,[citation needed] the community had a population of 350 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.
History
The original location of Minden was a mile east of where it currently stands today. The Lewis family relocated here from Georgia in 1849. H.W. Watson named the community for his hometown of Minden, Louisiana. A post office opened here in 1850 with William H. Pate serving as the first postmaster. In the next decade, the Marshall-to-Nacogdoches railroad built a track through Minden and had a store and a church. It then moved to its present site in the 1880s, in which it had 50 residents, a cotton gin, and three churches in 1884. The population went up to 155 with sawmills, gristmills, and a newspaper. It doubled during that decade but went down to 223 by the turn of the century. It went up to 250 in the mid-1940s, declined to 125 from the 1950s to 1960s, and went back up to 350 from the late 1960s through 2000.[2]
Geography
Minden is located on Farm to Market Road 1798, 12 mi (19 km) southeast of Henderson in southeastern Rusk County.[2] It is also located 7 mi (11 km) north of Mount Enterprise and 22 mi (35 km) southwest of Carthage.[3]
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Minden has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[4]
Education
Minden had its own school in 1860. Rock Hill Institute was opened by G.I. Watkins in 1880 and was chartered in 1888.[2] Today, the community is served by the Henderson Independent School District.
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