Sims is a
ghost town in
Brazos County
Brazos County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 233,849. The county seat is Bryan. Along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border. The c ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Texas.
It is located within the
Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
History
Sims was a station on the
Texas and New Orleans Railroad in the early 1900s. It had several scattered houses in 1949. The community only consisted of empty
corn
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
,
oil and
cotton fields in 1990.
Geography
Sims was located on the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
on
Farm to Market Road 50
Farm to Market Road 50 (FM 50) is a Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The route begins at State Highway 105 near Brenham and passes to the north through Independence to U ...
, east of
Bryan
Bryan may refer to:
Places United States
* Bryan, Arkansas
* Bryan, Kentucky
* Bryan, Ohio
* Bryan, Texas
* Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming
* Bryan Township (disambiguation)
Facilities and structur ...
in western Brazos County.
Education
Sims had its own school in the early 1900s and had two in 1949.
Today, Sims is located within the
Bryan Independent School District.
References
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Ghost towns in Texas