Stoneham is an
unincorporated community
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in
Grimes County,
Texas
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, United States. The town was once a part of a colony operated by
Stephen F. Austin and by 1900, the population grew to 250. Although a ghost town by 1970, the town has since grown in population.
History
The site occupied by present-day Stoneham was first settled by members of Austin's colony. In the 1840s, a
Methodist
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meeting house was constructed and later, after the
American Civil War
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, a Baptist church was built. These buildings were the only public buildings until railroads were built in the town in 1879.
[World War II
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, the town's population dropped to 100. During this time, three white and three black schools were operated by the Stoneham Common School District.
In 1995, a Methodist church, the Stoneham Cemetery, and the Stoneham Community Center, were given Texas State Historical Markers.