Percilla, Texas facts for kids
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Percilla, Texas
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 Percilla, Texas
Location in Texas
Percilla, Texas
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 427 ft (130 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 936 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1365059 |
Percilla, also known as Evergreen, is a small, quiet community in Houston County, Texas, United States. It is not a city with its own government. Instead, it is an unincorporated community. In the year 2000, about 95 people lived in Percilla.
History of Percilla
Percilla started as a small settlement just before the American Civil War. In 1879, a church called Evergreen Church opened there. For much of the 1880s, the community was known as Evergreen.
In 1891, the people living there wanted to open a post office. They asked for the town's name to be changed to Procilla. This was to honor an early pioneer named J. M. Procilla (or Procella). However, postal workers made a mistake and wrote the name as Percilla. The community has kept this spelling ever since.
By 1896, Percilla had grown a bit. It had two general stores and three churches: Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian. About 25 people lived there at that time. In the mid-1930s, Percilla still had a church, a cemetery, and four businesses. The population was estimated to be around 50 people in 1936.
By the mid-1970s, Percilla's population grew to about 100 people. In 1990, it was still a rural village with a church, a community center, a cemetery, and scattered homes. The population was reported to be 95 that year. This number remained the same in 2000.
Where is Percilla?
Percilla is located in the north-central part of Houston County, Texas. You can find it where two roads, Farm to Market Road 2022 and Farm to Market Road 228, meet.
It is about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Grapeland. Percilla is also 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Crockett. If you travel south, it's about 7 miles (11 km) from Slocum. To the west, Percilla is about 4 miles (6 km) from Waneta.
Learning in Percilla
In 1879, Percilla had its own school called Evergreen School. This school continued to operate until the mid-1930s. It closed sometime after World War II. Today, children in the Percilla community attend schools that are part of the Grapeland Independent School District.
