Longpoint

Longpoint is on Farm Road 390 (old La Bahía Road) and Old Rocky Creek, ten miles northwest of Brenham and eighty-five miles east of Austin in northwestern Washington County. The name was written Long Point until the twentieth century. The settlement was founded in 1850 on land originally owned by Stephen F. Austin. Botanist Gideon Lincecum lived there on his plantation, Mount Olympus, from 1848 to 1874. Lincecum named his plantation for its high ground, overlooking Yegua Creek valley, which ended in a triangular point formed by a live oak grove. He was attracted to the vicinity by its botanical diversity. On February 19, 1851, Montville postmaster Wayne Bishop changed the post office name to Long Point; it may have stayed at the same site.

The Long Point community developed into a town. Its Wood Hotel had a culinary reputation throughout Texas. Lincecum and his son Lysander practiced medicine at Long Point. In 1856 Chauncey B. Shepard of Long Point was elected to represent the Twentieth District in the Texas Senate. Lincecum and fellow War of 1812 veteran Sam Lauderdale led the Long Point Minute Men's march from Mount Vernon (Washington County) to Brenham in December 1860 to support the county secession movement. In 1863 Long Point Blacks organized a Confederate ball to benefit Texas soldiers.