Belott, Texas

Belott is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 101 according to the 2000 census.^[1]

Belott, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°25′51″N 95°18′22″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Houston
Founded	c. 1863
Elevation	364 ft (111 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	101
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	75835
Area code	936
GNIS feature ID	1383026[1]

History

The community was first settled around the time of the American Civil War. It was named for a prominent early settler, Andrew J. Belott, who is buried in the New Energy Cemetery. A post office operated in the community from 1890 to 1908. By the 1930s the settlement had a church, four stores, and an estimated population of fifty. Residents moved elsewhere after World War II, and by the mid-1960s, it had one store and a church. The population was 20 in 1965. Today the settlement is considered a dispersed rural community with a population of 101 as of 2000.^[2]

On May 31, 2004, an F0 tornado briefly touched down in Belott, but no damage was reported.^[3]

Geography

Belott is located on Farm to Market Road 1733, 12 mi (19 km) northeast of Crockett in east-central Houston County.^[2]

Education

The community's first school was built in the 1870s. It also had a school in the 1930s. In 1936 the school was merged with a school in nearby Glover, Texas, and in 1968 the Glover school became part of the Kennard Independent School District.^[2]