Homer School Number 16

Homer, one of the oldest settlements in the county, was the county seat of government from 1858 to 1892. According to an 1885 county school registry, there were at least four racially segregated schools organized in Homer at that time, including one for African Americans. After transfer of the county seat from Homer to Lufkin in 1892, Homer’s population gradually declined and so did the number of school children. In 1926, Homer’s upper grade students were consolidated with Huntington High School, so Huntington could obtain state accreditation. Then in 1952, all of the Homer districted was annexed by Lufkin I.S.D.