Allen Chapel, Texas

31°22′21″N 95°09′02″W / 31.37250°N 95.15056°W / 31.37250; -95.15056CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyHoustonElevation299 ft (91 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)430 & 903GNIS feature ID1377451^[1]

Allen Chapel is a ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States.^[1]

History

It was settled by recently freed slaves in the 1870s. An African Methodist Episcopal Church was established there around 1900 and was built on Nat Allen's land grant. It was subsequently named for Allen. The church and several scattered houses were in the community in the mid-1930s. These details remained the same in the early 1990s with the addition of a community center. Most of its current settlers are descendants of the original settlers.^[2]

Geography

Allen Chapel is located on Texas State Highway 7, one mile south of Ratcliff in eastern Houston County.^[2]

Education

The first school in Allen Chapel was established in 1910. It was still standing in the mid-1930s. It joined the Kennard Independent School District in 1968, but the school building returned in 1985.^[2]

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