SUBLIME, TEXAS

Lavaca County, Central Texas South

29° 28' 44" N, 96° 47' 51" W (29.478889, -96.7975)

FMs 142, 146, 125 and Highway 90-A
8 Miles E of Hallettsville the county seat
Population: 75 (2000)

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Sublime Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

History in a Pecan Shell

Carney H. Coulter received a land grant here in 1838 for being a resident prior to the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He arrived in 1840 to claim his grant. It wasn’t until 1875 when a post office was opened under the name Sublime.

The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway arrived in the 1880s, connecting Hallettsville with Eagle Lake. A townsite was donated by one Robert Miller, who retained the name Sublime. Neighboring towns of Rock Island and Sheridan were better suited for farming and soon stole Sublime’s chance at prosperity. The population was only 80 by 1950 – where it has remained more or less through the rest of the 20th Century.

Sublime Zion Lutheran Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Sublime Tx - Closed Wesley Chapel AME Church

Closed Wesley Chapel - AME Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

A Closed Store
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006

Zion Lutheran Church, East Of Sublime, Texas

Zion Lutheran Church, East Of Sublime
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2005
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Lavaca County 1907 postal map showing Sublime
NE of Hallettsville,
near Colorado County line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Sublime, Texas Nearby Towns:
Hallettsville the county seat
Hackberry
See Lavaca County | Colorado County
Central Texas South

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