Grimes County, Texas

53 topographic sheets cover 26 settlements here, and 5 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States

Grimes County within Texas

What the record shows

265 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 2 districts.
3 of the 5 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 26 populated places in this county; 26 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Anderson Historic District	district	1974	74002072
Foster House	building	1980	80004123
Navasota Commercial Historic District	district	1982	82001737
P. A. Smith Hotel	building	1976	76002036
Steele House	building	1978	78002939

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1880 - Map of Grimes Co., Texas — Land ownership map (1880) - Map of Grimes Co., Texas. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,892 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000 — 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000 — 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000 — 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000 — 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:20000 — 1958-01-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-09-11, scale 1:19000 — 1959-09-11, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500 — 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-09-18, scale 1:17200 — 1961-09-18, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-09, scale 1:18400 — 1964-02-09, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-18, scale 1:122278 — 1970-11-18, scale 1:122278. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-18, scale 1:119503 — 1970-11-18, scale 1:119503. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19592 — 1971-08-07, scale 1:19592. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19322 — 1971-08-07, scale 1:19322. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19350 — 1971-08-07, scale 1:19350. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:3883 — 1972-01-17, scale 1:3883. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:3988 — 1972-01-17, scale 1:3988. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-04, scale 1:41749 — 1973-05-04, scale 1:41749. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

14 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

ANDERSON 1914 to 1972, hottest 42.2 C, coldest -15.6 C
NAVASOTA 1915 to 1951, hottest 43.9 C, coldest -7.8 C
BEDIAS 1940 to 1985
RICHARDS 1954 to 2013, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -1.7 C
IOLA 6.8 SSW 2009 to 2012
IOLA 0.9 SSE 2012 to 2015
IOLA 10.4 SSW 2016 to 2026
ANDERSON 0.4 ESE 2020 to 2021
NAVASOTA 13.1 SE 2020 to 2021
NAVASOTA 9.7 SSE 2021 to 2026
ANDERSON 5.1 ESE 2021 to 2026
BEDIAS 4.3 NNW 2022 to 2026
NAVASOTA 6.7 E 2022 to 2024
PLANTERSVILLE 5.3 N 2025 to 2026

Navasota Rv nr College Station, TX 1977 to 1985

The 1950 census, district by district

28 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

93-1Justice Precinct 1: Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of State Hwy. 90 and north of Anderson - Richards Rd.
93-2Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Stony Creek and west of State Hwy. 90
93-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Stony Creek and west of an Unnamed road extending southward from Stony Creek through Erwin to precinct line
93-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Stony Creek, north of State Hwy. 90, and east of an Unnamed road extending southward from Stony Creek through Erwin to precinct line
93-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of a graded road extending eastward from intersection of Hwy. 90 in Anderson to Montgomery County line, and east of State Hwy. 90
93-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Anderson - Richards Rd., and north of a graded road extending westward from Montgomery County line to intersection with Hwy. 90 in Anderson
93-7Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part east of Carlos - Keith - Iola - Cross - Zulch Rd.
93-8Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of Carlos - Keith - Iola - Cross - Zulch Rd.
93-9Justice Precinct 3: Navasota city: Navasota city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Washington Ave.; Brosig Ave., Piedmont Ave.
93-10Navasota city - That part Bounded by City limits; Piedmont Ave; Blackshear Ave.; Houston & Texas Central Railway
93-11Navasota city - That part Bounded by City limits; Houston & Texas Central Railway; Hill, 3rd., Cedar Creek; City limits
93-12Navasota city - That part Bounded by Blackshear Ave., Piedmont Ave.; Brosig Ave.; Washington Ave.; Houston & Texas Central Railway
93-13Navasota city - That part Bounded by Washington Ave.; City limits; Courtney Rd.; Church, Grimes, Wood
93-14Navasota city - That part Bounded by Washington Ave.; Wood, Grimes, Church; Anderson; Houston & Texas Central Railway
93-15Navasota city - That part Bounded by Cedar Creek, 3rd., Hill; Houston & Texas Central Railway; Washington Ave.; City limits
93-16Navasota city - That part Bounded by Washington Ave.; Houston & Texas Central Railway; City limits; City limits
93-17Navasota city - That part Bounded by Anderson; Church, Courtney Rd., City limits; City limits; Houston & Texas Central Railway
93-18Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of State Hwy. 90 and north of International and Great Northern Railroad, outside Navasota city
93-19Justice Precinct 3 - That part northwest of State Hwy. 90 and southwest of International and Great Northern Railroad, outside Navasota city
93-20Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part east of Anderson - Plantersville - Fetzer Rd.
93-21Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Anderson - Plantersville - Fetzer Rd.
93-22Justice Precinct 5
93-23Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part east of an Unnamed road extending southward from precinct line through Wallace Prairie to Waller County line
93-24Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of an Unnamed road extending southward from precinct line through Wallace Prairie to Waller County line
93-25Justice Precinct 7: Justice Precinct 7 - That part east of State Hwy. 90
93-26Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of State Hwy. 90
93-27Justice Precinct 8: Justice Precinct 8 - That part north of State Hwy. 45
93-28Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of State Hwy. 45

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,727 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,727 of them, burning about 36,700 acres. 55 started naturally and 37 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	1158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	289
Equipment and vehicle use	75
Natural	55
Smoking	46
Arson/incendiarism	37
Power generation/transmission/distribution	33
Recreation and ceremony	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Fireworks	5

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2011	Natural	19,960 acres	Livingston Area	RILEY ROAD FIRE
19 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5,280 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DYER MILL FIRE
22 March 2017	Debris and open burning	372 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TIMBERWOLF
9 May 2005	Debris and open burning	350 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
3 January 2006	Recreation and ceremony	160 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 4
21 March 2018	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	18035
24 December 2010	Arson/incendiarism	150 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HWY 90 AND CR 150
2 September 1998	Debris and open burning	142 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2025

60 of 207 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 207 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 5 injuries and about $4,198,530 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	84
Hail	55
Flash Flood	48
Tornado	15
Funnel Cloud	3
Lightning	2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	1 killed, 2 hurt	no account filed
October 2006	Lightning	Anderson	1 killed, $8,000	A 21 year old male was struck by lightning while riding a horse. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two horses in a nearby pasture were also killed by a lightning strike.
February 1981	Tornado (F2)	not stated	2 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
April 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	1 hurt	no account filed
April 2016	Flash Flood	Todd Mission	$800,000	There were water rescues in the Todd Mission area. Major flooding occurred along County Road 311 northwest of Todd Mission with water halfway up the street signage.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Plantersville	$500,000	Water rescues were occurring through the county. FM 362 at Beason Creek was closed due to flooding. Washington Street at Foster Street, Buckingham Lane at FM 379 and Courtney Street in the town of Navasota were all impassable and closed as they were inundated with nearly two feet of water.
December 1983	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
May 2016	Tornado (EF2)	Courtney	$200,000	Large damage path extended from a large commercial metal building across a ranchers property and on east into a wooded area. The large metal building and a house of the property were destroyed. Around this area and in wooded area numerous large trees were uprooted and snapped. Worst of the damage was consistent with EF2 rating.
November 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Carlos	$200,000	This EF-1 tornado produced a damage path that started three miles west of Carlos near Route 30 with damage to trees and structures along Ada Oaks Lane. The path continued to the north northeast crossing County Road 173 then ran more parallel to County Road 244, crossing County Road 244 twice along its over 9 mile path. Damage was intermittent with numerous large trees uprooted or with their trunks snapped. Two trailers were thrown and destroyed. Numerous barns, farm outbuildings and mobile homes suffered severe damage. In numerous cases, tin and lumber debris were thrown over half a mile.
February 2012	Flash Flood	Piedmont	$150,000	A band of moderate to heavy rainfall caused flooding in and around Grimes and Huntsville. Numerous road closures and stalled cars were reported in the town of Navasota with additional closures in and around the communities of Anderson and Huntsville.
May 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Courtney	$100,000	Large number of large trees uprooted west of Route 6. Just east a home had its roof taken off. Damage was consistent with EF2 rating.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Navasota	$100,000	Strong damaging winds and wind gusts were observed across a large part of Grimes County in association with a large line of severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service accompanied by the Grimes County emergency manager conducted a storm survey and found several areas with trees uprooted or snapped. In each case, trees were pushed down to the east or northeast and generally in the same direction as nearby damage. All observed damage was consistent with straight line downburst winds. A parked tractor trailer was blown over between Navasota and\|Anderson along Highway 90. A hay barn was destroyed near the intersection of CR 211 and CR 215, about 3 miles ESE of Anderson, with debris blown toward the east. There were also trees down in Roans Prairie and Richards, again pointing eastward.\|Some of the more significant damage occurred near the town of Shiro where several large trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto mobile homes. No injuries were reported. Other damage was observed in Navasota where trees and power lines were downed and doors were blown off at a fire station. In the Roans Prairie area, there was sign damage at a gas station, and trees were also downed.
November 2000	Flash Flood	North Portion	$100,000	House under water in Bedias. Numerous secondary roads flooded in northern portion of county.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$100,000	Numerous trees down at CR 166 and CR 190 5 miles northeast of Anderson and along SH 6 just north of Navasota. Numerous power lines down across county.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Shiro	$100,000	Tree down on car with roof damage to mobile homes. Power lines down in area.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Navasota	$60,000	Ticket booth at Navasota Raceway destroyed and prison barns sustained wind damage.
April 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Bedias	$50,000	NWS Storm survey found EF1 tornado damage along a path across portions of northern Grimes and southern Madison counties, generally parallel and to the west of SH 90 between Bedias and Madisonville. Damage included trees downed and uprooted, and there was also some roof damage to a few homes.
May 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Navasota Muni Arpt	$50,000	Numerous trees uprooted around Wallace Pack prison complex. One of the watch tower standers witnessed tremendous increase in wind embedded in heavy rain; vehicles in parking lot were moved in different directions.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$50,000	Flooding countywide.
May 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$50,000	High water on FM 2988 and SH 6, CR 318 and SH 6, CR 324 2 miles west of SH 6, and on CR 326.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$50,000	FM 1774 closed south of FM 245. SH 105 closed near CR 309. Numerous other county roads closed due to flooding.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Courtney	$50,000	Large metal barn torn off foundation and large trees down at CR 323 and CR 325.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Iola	$50,000	Barn and nearby building destroyed.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Anderson	$50,000	no account filed
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bedias	$40,000	Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a hay barn, knocked over a silo, and downed some trees on FM 1696.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Anderson	$40,000	Tree blown down onto residential home.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Navasota	$35,000	Flooding across Navasota.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Navasota	$30,000	A few fences were knocked over and a metal roof was peeled off a feed store.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Plantersville	$30,000	Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns near Plantersville.
March 2002	Hail	Anderson	$30,000	no account filed
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Stoneham	$25,000	A modular home was shifted off its foundation. Numerous trees were downed.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	Many roads under water and closed.
May 2000	Hail	Navasota	$25,000	Quarter sized hail along SH 6.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$25,000	Trees down just east of Anderson with trees blocking CR 235 near Shiro.
November 2000	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	Numerous county roads flooded.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Navasota	$25,000	Numerous trees and power lines down and cattle feeder damaged at ranch.
November 2002	Flash Flood	Countywide	$20,000	Numerous roads closed due to high water on extremely saturated grounds.
October 2006	Flash Flood	Iola	$17,000	Highway 244 closed due to high water. Flood water over several county-wide roads including, but not limited to, FM 2620 and portions of Highway 90.
May 2019	Lightning	Plantersville	$15,000	A lightning strike caused a structural fire.
March 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Yarboro Station	$15,000	Strong winds and hail damaged the siding and windows of a home.
March 2000	Tornado (F0)	Bedias	$15,000	Trees downed from brief tornado touchdown.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Anderson	$15,000	Trees down.
November 2000	Flash Flood	North Portion	$15,000	Flooding continues in the northern portion of the county.
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Stoneham	$15,000	2 barns destroyed and several trees uprooted by strong winds.
November 1998	Flash Flood	Countywide	$15,000	Numerous road closures due to flooding.
January 1999	Hail	Bedias	$15,000	no account filed
March 1999	Hail	Carlos	$15,000	no account filed
May 2015	Flash Flood	Navasota Muni Arpt	$10,000	Numerous roads were closed and impassable due to flood waters especially in and around Navasota.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Anderson	$10,000	Numerous trees down in rural areas south of the town of Anderson.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Navasota	$10,000	Barn destroyed.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Anderson	$10,000	Trees down along County Road 405.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Iola	$10,000	Trees down along FM 1696.
November 1998	Flash Flood	South Portion	$10,000	Many farm-to-market roads closed due to high water.
June 1998	Hail	Navasota	$10,000	Hail on FM 159.
November 1998	Flash Flood	Countywide	$10,000	Numerous roads flooded.
August 2005	Hail	Bedias	$10,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Stoneham	$10,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Shiro	$10,000	no account filed
January 1998	Hail	Roans Prairie	$10,000	no account filed
January 1998	Hail	Shiro	$10,000	no account filed

Mines and quarries

4 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken	3
Sand and Gravel, Construction	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status
Precinct 2 Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Navasota Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Anderson

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77830 · On Nebletts Creek · Anderson quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Apolonia

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77830 · Anderson quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Bedias

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77831 · Bedias quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Blackberry

Navasota census division · 77363 · On Madden Branch · Dacus quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Carlos

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77830 · On Big Branch · Carlos quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Cotton

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77831 · Bedias quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Courtney

Navasota census division · 77868 · Courtney quadrangle

10 sheets, 1914 to 1993
Cross

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77861 · Iola quadrangle

10 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Erwin

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77830 · Navasota quadrangle

10 sheets, 1914 to 1993
Ferguson Crossing

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77861 · On Sandy Branch · Ferguson Crossing quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Iola

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77861 · Iola quadrangle

10 sheets, 1931 to 1993
Keith

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77861 · Keith quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Lynn Grove

Navasota census division · 77868 · On Rocky Creek · Courtney quadrangle

10 sheets, 1914 to 1993
Navasota

Navasota census division · 77868 · On Cedar Creek · Navasota quadrangle

10 sheets, 1914 to 1993
Piedmont

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77830 · On Sulphur Branch · Carlos quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Pinebrook

Navasota census division · 77363 · On Hurricane Creek · Stoneham quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Plantersville

Navasota census division · 77363 · On Hurricane Creek · Plantersville quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Richards

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77873 · Richards quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1997
Roans Prairie

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77875 · Roans Prairie quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Shiro

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77873 · Roans Prairie quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Singleton

Anderson-Bedias census division · 77831 · Singleton quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Stoneham

Navasota census division · 77868 · Stoneham quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Todd

Navasota census division · 77363 · Plantersville quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Todd Mission

Navasota census division · 77363 · Plantersville quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Whitehall

Navasota census division · 77868 · Stoneham quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985
Yarboro

Navasota census division · 77868 · Stoneham quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1985

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.