Mineral, Texas
Unincorporated community in Bee County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Mineral
Mineral is an unincorporated community in northwestern Bee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Beeville micropolitan area.
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How Mineral is governed
Mineral appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Bee County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Mineral does have local officials.
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Residents of Mineral
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
Mineral's first settler was Ross "Rust" Morris, who moved to the area from Montgomery County, Tennessee, and homesteaded near San Domingo Creek in 1836. Anson Jones then granted 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land to Henry Coley's heirs from Tennessee nine years later. Thomas Malone and Robert Ricks then purchased land from them in 1874. Residents dug wells in the area to find drinkable water, but there was none. It may have been caused by an oil spill in the vicinity or mineral deposits of bones from prehistoric creatures. The water was found to have 16 different minerals in it by William and Susan Sanford. People then started to settle in the community when they were told that the water had "healing powers" in 1877 and was called Mineral City. Many residents lived in tents. There was also a hotel called the Sanford Hotel, churches, a drugstore and other stores, and a gristmill in 1877. A post office was established that next year. The excitement of the water's "healing powers" soon disappeared, most likely because the mineral content decreased when the well deepened in 1889. The word "city" was removed from its name in 1895. The hotel disappeared from county maps in 1896. Agriculture was the most common aspect of community life. It had a population of 100 in 1890. It was almost destroyed by a fire in 1901 and then by a flood two years later. The population grew to 200 in 1916. More oil was discovered in 1930. By the end of the decade, there were three churches, one business, and several scattered homes in Mineral. Its population was 150 until it dropped to 50 in 1949 and remained at that number through 2000. There were a few businesses and two Baptist churches in 1952, along with the establishment of the South Texas Children's Home. It also had two churches and a store in 1990. Its population grew to 65 in 2010. It was said that the hotel is now a private residence.
Although Mineral is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78125.
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