Corinth, Leon County, Texas

Corinth, Texas
Unincorporated community
Corinth, Texas
Coordinates: 31°22′23″N 96°00′11″W / 31.37306°N 96.00306°W / 31.37306; -96.00306Coordinates: 31°22′23″N 96°00′11″W / 31.37306°N 96.00306°W / 31.37306; -96.00306
Country United States
State Texas
County Leon
Elevation 400 ft (100 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 903
GNIS feature ID 1379589[1]

Corinth is an unincorporated community in Leon County, Texas, United States. Corinth is located on Texas State Highway 75 8.1 miles (13.0 km) north of Centerville. Corinth was founded in the late 1800s and named for Biblical Corinth. By the 1900s, Corinth had a school, a church, and several businesses; in 1910, a telephone company opened in the community. The school closed in the late twentieth century, and by 2000 Corinth had no businesses or churches and consisted mainly of scattered ranches.[2]

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