Crockett

City of Crockett, Houston County, Texas

City of Crockett, Houston County, Texas

The City of Crockett is the seat of Houston County, Texas. Photograph by Billy Hathorn.

Crockett, the county seat and largest community in Houston County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 287 and State highways 7, 19, and 21 in the central part of the county. When Houston County was established in 1837, Andrew Edwards Gossett, an early settler from Tennessee, donated land for the county seat. Gossett and his father, Elijah Gossett, named the settlement for David Crockett, a former neighbor in Tennessee. Crockett is said to have camped near the townsite in January 1836 on his way to San Antonio. County officials chose the site because of its proximity to the Old San Antonio Road. The town was incorporated on December 29, 1837, and a post office opened there on March 31, 1838. During the early years mail was delivered twice a month, and a stagecoach ran at intervals from Nacogdoches. In 1839 raids by the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians forced the town's residents to take shelter in the fortified log courthouse. Several early schools operated in the vicinity of Crockett, among them Crockett Academy, built a half mile east of the courthouse about 1855. Several early newspapers were published in the town, including the Crockett Printer, begun in 1853 by Oscar Dalton, and the Crockett Argus, first published in 1857.

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Locations

  • Latitude
    31.31759080
    Longitude
    -95.45643700

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Population Counts

Crockett
Pop. Year Source
6,332 2020 United States Census Bureau
6,707 2019 Texas Demographic Center
6,950 2010 United States Census Bureau
7,141 2000 United States Census Bureau
7,024 1990 United States Census Bureau
7,405 1980 United States Census Bureau
6,616 1970 United States Census Bureau
5,356 1960 United States Census Bureau
5,932 1950 United States Census Bureau
4,536 1940 United States Census Bureau
4,441 1930 United States Census Bureau
3,061 1920 United States Census Bureau
3,947 1910 United States Census Bureau
2,612 1900 United States Census Bureau
1,445 1890 United States Census Bureau
599 1880 United States Census Bureau
1,500 1860 United States Census Bureau
600 1850 United States Census Bureau