Egypt, Leon County, Texas facts for kids

Egypt is a small, quiet community located in Leon County, Texas, in the United States. It's about twelve miles east of a town called Centerville.

What is Egypt?

Egypt is known as a ghost town. This means it's a place where people used to live and work, but now most or all of them have moved away. Often, only old buildings or signs of a past community remain.

A Look Back in Time

People likely started settling in Egypt sometime between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. For a while, it was a small, active rural community.

In the 1930s, there was even a school in Egypt that helped educate the children of the families living there. This shows that it was once a lively place with enough people to need its own school.

Why is it a Ghost Town Now?

Over time, like many small rural communities, the population of Egypt slowly decreased. By the year 2000, Egypt was still marked on highway maps, but there were no official numbers showing how many people lived there. Today, it's considered a ghost town, a silent reminder of a community that once thrived.