Simpsonville, Texas, Matagorda County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Information on Simpsonville is less than abundant. We were unable to find an origin for the town's name. It did start life about the year 1910 on the Buckeye and Collegeport Railroad.

The town got a post office the same year, although it closed in 1917. The population at the time was only 10 people and Palacios acquired the mail route through Simpsonville.

By the 30s, the county had moved the road, the railroad didn't exist and the cotton gin was a thing of the past. What few students were produced by a population of 40 were absorbed by the Palacios ISD.

It's possible that this structure was the former cotton gin of 1928.
TE photo, 2001

1920s map showing Simpsonville in SW Matagorda County,
just NE of Collegeport
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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