Daily Blog: Ups and Downs of Chappell Hill

According to the 2000 census the population of Chappell Hill, Texas was about 300.

But the Chappell Hill zip code contains a bit more than 1,300 people – which one might say allows it to qualify as a four-figure city.

The National Register of Historic Places certainly considers it worthy of recognition – the Chappell Hill Main Street has been designated as a National Register Historic District.

Since its founding in 1847, Chappell Hill has had its ups (such as the boom days of the cotton economy) and its downs (a yellow fever epidemic decimated the town in 1867).

Today it enjoys a tourist economy, largely by virtue of its proximity to the Houston area.

Read about a Greek Revival hotel (now a bed-and-breakfast called the Stagecoach Inn), the Monastery Miniature Horse Farm and more of the current features nestled among the bluebonnets and historic homes of Chappell Hill (Texas Highways, April 2009, p. 52).