KOHRVILLE
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KOHRVILLE |
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NAME: Kohrville COUNTY: Harris ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Hot and humid summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
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Schoolhouse was moved to the Klein Museum complex. REMAINS: Cemetery, schoolhouse. UPDATE: I wanted to update Kohrville. Though the cemetery is still there, it will be moved. The descendants of the original freed slaves who settled there are being moved off the land. I am not sure when this happening, but I grew up within minutes of the area and had friends who descended from the original inhabinants. Last week, I was driving by the cemetery and everything was still in tact. As far as I can tell, it's destruction is only a well-regarded rumor - Jessie Rats |
| Former slaves settled here after the Civil War in what was originally called "The Bottoms". In the 1870's German immigrants Paul and Agnes Tautenhahn Kohrmann opened a general store on what is now 249 and the community became known as Kohrville. Town eventually disappeared into the overlapping development of Houston and Cypress. Submitted by: Daniele Moore |
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