Ebenezer, Jasper County, Texas

Ebenezer, Texas
Unincorporated community
Ebenezer, Texas
Ebenezer, Texas
Coordinates: 31°02′17″N 94°09′40″W / 31.03806°N 94.16111°W / 31.03806; -94.16111Coordinates: 31°02′17″N 94°09′40″W / 31.03806°N 94.16111°W / 31.03806; -94.16111
Country United States
State Texas
County Jasper
Elevation 148 ft (45 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 409
GNIS feature ID 1381830[1]

Ebenezer is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Texas, United States. Ebenezer is located near Texas Recreational Road 255 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Jasper. William P. M. and Mary Ann Dean founded the community by 1860 and established a Methodist church and cemetery by 1861. By the 1900s, Ebenezer also had a school. Both the school and the church closed by 1965; the church and cemetery were given historical markers in the 1980s.[2]

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