Sorghumville

Sorghumville, off Farm Road 230 six miles southwest of Lovelady in southern Houston County, was probably established around 1900. In the mid-1930s the settlement comprised a church and a number of houses; local children attended school at nearby Prairie Point. After World War II many of the residents moved away, and by the mid-1960s only a few widely scattered houses remained at the site. In the early 1990s Sorghumville was a dispersed rural community.

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Christopher Long | © TSHA

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Belongs to

Sorghumville is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Sorghumville is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 31.05685060
Longitude: -95.50855470

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No