About Center, Texas

Center is the Shelby County seat, situated 17 miles from Louisiana and 118 miles north of Beaumont. Its county seat status was secured in 1866 after residents moved county records there following a disputed election. The city incorporated in 1893, and the 2020 census recorded 5,221 residents.

  • Donated TownsiteJ. C. and Margaret A. Wilson and Jesse Amason donated land for the town in 1856 or 1857.
  • Historic CourthouseThe Shelby County Courthouse, built after an 1882 fire, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
  • Railway ConnectionThe Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway reached Center by 1904.
  • Twentieth-Century GrowthCenter's population increased from 1,684 in 1910 to 5,827 in 1980.
  • Timber and PoultryDuring the 1980s, local manufacturers processed timber and poultry products.

Find your street

Names on the Center map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Fairview Cemetery

Streets and roads154

  • Hurst Street
  • Southview Circle
  • Tenaha Street
  • San Augustine Street
  • Cora Street
  • Louisiana Street
  • Nacogdoches Street
  • State Loop 500
  • Loop 500
  • Shelbyville Street
  • Timpson Highway
  • Old San Augustine Highway
  • Timpson Street
  • Rough Rider Drive
  • Hill Avenue
  • Pecan Street
  • Bolton Street
  • Logansport Street
  • Noble Street
  • Epps Street
  • Shillings Street
  • Brown Street
  • Sardis Road
  • Ellington Street
  • Martin Luther King Drive
  • Arcadia Road
  • FM 138
  • FM 699
  • Railroad Avenue
  • Greer Street
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  • Crawford Street
  • Pine Terrace
  • FM 2468
  • Pine Street
  • FM 2788
  • Kennedy Street
  • Center Street
  • Riggs Street
  • Garrett Street
  • Wiseman Street
  • Express Boulevard
  • Walker Street
  • Thomas Street
  • Cotton Ford Road
  • Henrietta Road
  • Payne Street
  • Carroll Street
  • Austin Street
  • Lillian Street
  • Fannin Street
  • Wheeler Avenue
  • Crockett Street
  • Ballard Street
  • College Street
  • Porter Street
  • FM 2974
  • Foster Street
  • Travis Street
  • Elliot Street
  • King Street
  • Brooks Street
  • Rainbow Drive
  • Bridges Road
  • Margaret Street
  • Newman Street
  • Old Airport Road
  • Latham Street
  • Malone Street
  • Fox Street
  • Maxwell Street
  • Watlington Street
  • Harper Street
  • Creswell Street
  • Wulf Creek
  • Jennings Street
  • Collier Street
  • Woodlawn Drive
  • Kindle Street
  • Hutchins
  • Hicks Street
  • Hudson Street
  • Sandel Street
  • Tatum Street
  • Holland Street
  • Cathy Street
  • Twilight Lane
  • Holly Drive
  • Hopkins Street
  • Pearl Street
  • Netherly Street
  • Sampson Street
  • Price Street
  • Terry Street
  • Jones Street
  • Biggars Street
  • Booth Street
  • Fair Drive
  • Abby Street
  • FM 2794
  • Tucker
  • Forest
  • San Augustine Highway
  • Union Street
  • Goodman Street
  • Prince Street
  • George Ihlo Street
  • Lister Lane
  • Church Street
  • Sunset Circle
  • Union Acres
  • McKee Street
  • Cemetery Street
  • Wooley Street
  • Bent Oak Drive
  • Industrial Cv
  • Carnahan Street
  • Lane Street
  • Arcadia Court
  • Daniels Street
  • James Street
  • Nancy Street
  • Ruth Place
  • Margie Street
  • Beverly Place
  • Jackson
  • Barbara Street
  • Mc Nealy
  • Shari Street
  • Selma Street
  • Fleta Street
  • Old Augustine Highway
  • Upper Arcadia Road
  • Gladstone Street
  • Bridges Street
  • Industrial Road
  • Mildred Street
  • Field Street
  • Fowler Drive
  • Park Street
  • Osby Street
  • Cedar Lane
  • Hall Street
  • Spring
  • Hearn Street
  • Minta
  • Neville Road
  • John Rogers Drive
  • Florence Street
  • Stephens Street
  • Cass-Caid Drive
  • Santa Fe Street
  • Moonbeam Avenue
  • Middleton Street
  • Adams Street

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  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

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