Kohrville, Texas
Encyclopedia
Kohrville, also named Korville and Pilotville, is an unincorporated community in Harris County
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The area is served by:
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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History
Kohrville was named after Paul Kohrmann, a German immigrant postmaster, in 1888. Kohrville began as a community of freed African-American slaves from AlabamaAlabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
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Education
Land in Kohrville is within the Klein Independent School DistrictKlein Independent School District
Klein Independent School District is a school district that covers of land in Harris County, Texas, United States. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district's limits. 41,800 students attend Klein ISD Schools for the 2007-08 school year. Klein...
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The area is served by:
- Kohrville Elementary School
- Krimmel Intermediate School (Rezoned from Hildebrandt Intermediate School in fall 2007)
- Klein Oak High SchoolKlein Oak High SchoolKlein Oak High School is a Blue Ribbon public high in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It was established in August 1982. The school's principal is Ron Webster....
External links
- KOHRVILLE, TEXAS Handbook of TexasHandbook of TexasThe Handbook of Texas is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published by the Texas State Historical Association .-History:...
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