Eminence

Eminence is west of Farm Road 563 and south of Interstate Highway 10, forty-six miles east of Houston in northern Chambers County. The Eminence post office operated from 1898 until 1909. By 1939 a filling station-general store, a school, and a church marked the site at Eminence. A sawmill, operated by J. E. Cline, opened in 1940. By the mid-1970s the Eminence church, several cemeteries, and widely scattered buildings were all that remained.

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Belongs to

Eminence is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Eminence is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 29.83383170
Longitude: -94.69130780

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No