Port Sullivan, Texas

Port Sullivan
Ghost town
Port Sullivan is located in Texas
Port Sullivan
Port Sullivan
Port Sullivan is located in the United States
Port Sullivan
Port Sullivan
Coordinates: 30°51′58″N 96°41′44″W / 30.86611°N 96.69556°W / 30.86611; -96.69556
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyMilam

Port Sullivan, Texas is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas.[1] It was established in 1835 by Augustus W. Sullivan.[2] By the 1850s, Joseph P. Sneed, a pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, founded the Port Sullivan Male and Female Institute (also known as the Port Sullivan College).[2] The town is home to the Port Sullivan Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ "PORT SULLIVAN, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Luecke, Jan (March 28, 1968). "Brazos' Port Sullivan... Marker, Cemetery Remain". The Cameron Herald. Cameron, Texas. Retrieved February 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Port Sullivan Cemetery". Milam County Historical Commission. Retrieved February 9, 2016.


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