The community was first recognized when Czech families settled in the area in 1881. It had a store and a saloon when the town applied for a post office in 1891. It was given the name Seaton, which accordingly was not named after any settlers. Seventeen people were living in Seaton in 1896 and the community had a cotton gin as well. A Czech Brethren church was established in 1906. The post office closed in 1907. The population reached 55 circa 1933, with three businesses and peaked at 80 right before 1950 with a church, five businesses, and a community park. All businesses closed by the 1960s. The population declined to 60 in 2000.[1]
seaton, texas, seaton, unincorporated, community, bell, county, texas, united, states, with, estimated, population, 2000, located, within, killeen, temple, fort, hood, metropolitan, area, unincorporated, communityseatonshow, texasseatonshow, united, statescoor. Seaton is an unincorporated community in Bell County Texas United States with an estimated population of 60 as of 2000 It is located within the Killeen Temple Fort Hood metropolitan area Seaton Texasunincorporated communitySeatonShow map of TexasSeatonShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 31 03 28 N 97 14 01 W 31 0576791 N 97 2336187 W 31 0576791 97 2336187CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountiesBellElevation499 ft 152 m Population 2000 Total60Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code76501Area code254 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 ReferencesHistory editThe community was first recognized when Czech families settled in the area in 1881 It had a store and a saloon when the town applied for a post office in 1891 It was given the name Seaton which accordingly was not named after any settlers Seventeen people were living in Seaton in 1896 and the community had a cotton gin as well A Czech Brethren church was established in 1906 The post office closed in 1907 The population reached 55 circa 1933 with three businesses and peaked at 80 right before 1950 with a church five businesses and a community park All businesses closed by the 1960s The population declined to 60 in 2000 1 Geography editSeaton is located at the intersection of Farm to Market roads 53 and 2086 8 mi 13 km east of Temple in eastern Bell County 1 Education editIn 1903 Seaton had a school with 55 students and one teacher 1 Today the community is served by the Rogers Independent School District References edit a b c Seaton TX from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seaton Texas amp oldid 1181967450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
