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Percilla, Texas
Percilla, Texas is located in Texas
Percilla, Texas
Percilla, Texas
Location in Texas
Percilla, Texas is located in the United States
Percilla, Texas
Percilla, Texas
Location in the United States
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.

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