Winnie, Chambers County,Texas

Winnie, Texas – An Overview

Winnie City Chambers County. The town plat was filed in 1895 by the Gulf and Inter-state Railwayofficials. The town was named after Fox Winnie, a railroad contractor who worked for the line. TheWinnie and Loan Improvement Companyattempted to market small lots of land, but due to poor sales, the company was dissolved in 1911. In 1941 an oilfield was discovered nearby, leading the way for the oil businessman Glenn H. McCarthy to establish a gas plant just east of the town. This development, along with the construction of Interstate 10, would lead to a population growth. The East Chambers County Consolidated School District was established in 1931.

In the late 1800s, two railroad engineers came to Chambers County in the coastal plains of Texas from Newton, Kansas, and left behind more than site surveys. Fox Winnie and H. C. Stowell journeyed to the area where two cities now bear their names to make surveys for the Gulf and Interstate Railway Company (now Santa Fe Railroad). The company decided to build a railroad from Galveston to Kansas City, providing a rail outlet from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast.

About 50 years earlier, the first settlers to the area came from the coast communities of High Island, Gilchrist and Port Bolivar. By 1894, the eastern section of Chambers County was opened to homesteaders. During this time, an economy based on agriculture which thrives to this day was developed, with figs and other fruit crops, cotton, rice and cattle. With the oil boom of the early 20th century in Texas, oil exploration and production came into the area today, the Winnie-Stowell area has its share of oil and oil-related-industry.

A neighborly atmosphere prevails in the two communities, which are linked to the more urban centers of Beaumont-Port Arthur, Galveston and Houston by a modern highway system. Because of its location at the center of this system, the Winnie-Stowell area has justly earned its motto as “Gateway to the Gulf.”

Winnie is the host of the Texas Rice Festival which occurs during the first weekend of October annually. During the TRF, the farmers of Southeast Texas are appreciated, and there are live bands, singers, and a Beauty Pageant that takes place during this time. It starts on the Wednesday before the first weekend of October by a cook-off festival.


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Quick Facts About Winnie, Chambers County,Texas

Geographic Coordinates 29°49′8″N 94°23′0″W
Area 4.0 square miles, all of it land.
Climate

Warmest month – August (94.20° F – Avg. Max. Temp)Coldest month – January (35.80° F – Avg. Min. Temp)Annual average precipitation – 51.85”

County Chambers County, Texas

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