Simpsonville, Texas
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| Coordinates: 32°51′39″N 95°4′10″W / 32.86083°N 95.06944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Upshur County |
Simpsonville is an unincorporated community in northwestern Upshur County, Texas, United States. [1]
History
Originally named Chelsea when founded in the 1850s, the town name was changed to Simpsonville on April 22, 1858, in honor of an early settler.[2] Highway signage and road maps indicate this community is named Thomas, due to a subsequent renaming of the town occasioned in 1913 when the town's application for a new post office—the most recent post office had been closed in 1906 by postal officials—had been rejected on the grounds that a Matagorda County town called Simpsonville had just been granted a post office.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
- ^ a b Simpsonville, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 28 June 2010.