Independence, Texas

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Independence, Texas is a historic rural community in Washington County known as an early center of education and religion in the Republic of Texas era.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Independence, Texas canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
historic community ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 979 ⓘ
category Former college towns in the United States ⓘ
Unincorporated communities in Texas ⓘ
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Texas ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Washington County, Texas ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of early Texas Baptist education ⓘ
distanceToBrenham about 12 miles northwest ⓘ
educationHeritage early higher education in Texas ⓘ
founded 1830s ⓘ
foundedAs rural frontier settlement ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1338422 ⓘ
governingBody Washington County authorities ⓘ
hasCemetery burials of early Texas leaders ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Antioch Baptist Church ⓘ
Independence Baptist Church ⓘ
Old Baylor Park ⓘ
Old Independence Cemetery ⓘ
ruins of Baylor University buildings ⓘ
hasStructure 19th-century churches ⓘ
historic homes ⓘ
hasTourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation Texas historical community ⓘ
historicalEra Republic of Texas era ⓘ
hostedInstitution Baylor Female College ⓘ
Baylor University ⓘ
knownFor early center of education in Texas ⓘ
early center of religion in Texas ⓘ
site of early Baylor University campus ⓘ
locatedIn Brazos River valley ⓘ
linked to: Brazos Valley

Washington County, Texas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Independence of Texas ⓘ
nearCity Brenham, Texas ⓘ
partOf Brenham micropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Brenham, Texas
populationTrend declined after 19th century ⓘ
reasonForDecline railroads bypassed the town ⓘ
region East-Central Texas ⓘ
religiousCenterFor Baptists in early Texas ⓘ
religiousHeritage strong Baptist influence ⓘ
significantEvent chartering of Baylor University in 1845 ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
transportation located near Farm to Market Road 50 ⓘ
UTCOffset -6 ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST -5 ⓘ
ZIPCode 77833 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret Moffette Lea → placeOfDeath → Independence, Texas ⓘ
Margaret Moffette Lea → residence → Independence, Texas ⓘ
Margaret Moffette Lea → burialPlace → Independence, Texas ⓘ
Washington County, Texas → contains → Independence, Texas ⓘ