Port Sullivan, Texas

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Port Sullivan, Texas is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas.{{cite web|title=PORT SULLIVAN, TX|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrp52|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=February 9, 2016}} It was established in 1835 by Augustus W. Sullivan.{{cite news|last1=Luecke|first1=Jan|title=Brazos' Port Sullivan... Marker, Cemetery Remain|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51525266/?terms=%22Thomas%2BJ.%2BH.%2BAnderson%22|accessdate=February 9, 2016|work=The Cameron Herald|location=Cameron, Texas|date=March 28, 1968|url-access=registration |via=Newspapers.com}} By the 1850s, Joseph P. Sneed, a pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, founded the Port Sullivan Male and Female Institute (also known as the Port Sullivan College). The town is home to the Port Sullivan Cemetery.{{cite web|title=Port Sullivan Cemetery|url=http://www.milamcountyhistoricalcommission.org/markers_port_sullivan_cemetery.php|website=Milam County Historical Commission|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}

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Category:Ghost towns in Milam County, Texas

Category:1835 establishments in Texas

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