Old Carolina (Although once called Bath, not to be confused with Bath to the South)

Old Carolina was an early settlement at the mouth of Carolina Creek on the west bank of the Trinity River, in the John H. Cummings land grant in northeastern Walker County. The community was originally called Bath. It must be distinguished from the Bath in the southwestern part of the county, as well as from the Carolina located on Carolina Creek in San Jacinto County and the Carolina Switch on the Missouri Pacific line. Old Carolina had several iron and sulfur springs and served as a health spa. The town was founded in the 1830s and probably changed its name to Carolina, possibly in honor of early settler Carolina Shores, around 1838. In 1843 the settlement had a population of twelve. A year later it comprised twenty people, a defunct store, and a post office. Old Carolina served as a refueling and rest station for vessels plying the Trinity River. With the passing of the steamboat era, it disappeared, and in 1990 the site was within the limits of Waterwood on Lake Livingston, on the Walker-San Jacinto county line.  TSHA

Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/old-carolina-tx

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Carolina%2C_Texas

Texas Escapes
http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas-Ghost-Towns-6-East-Texas.htm

Excerpt from;
Early History Of Walker County, Texas
by John L. Baldwin Chapter VII

Carolina

Carolina was the oldest riverboat town in Walker County, pre-dating Cincinnati by 2 or 3 years.  On January 5, 1835, John H. Cummings received a league of land from the Mexican Government.  His survey was located in the extreme northeastern part of the area which was later to become Walker County, and part of the league fronted on the Trinity River.  At the mouth of Carolina Creek, where it empties into the river, the town of Carolina was established.  The Trinity makes a decided bend there, and the high bluffs in the are offered a beautiful location for a town which was easily accessible to the water.  Carolina was laid into 10 blocks.

With steamboat travel becoming more popular and the town being the first river portion this area, Carolina enjoyed a rapid growth from the very beginning.  Another factor in its advancement was that there were a number of sulphur springs nearby along Carolina Creek.  In those days people were of the opinion that sulphur water had excellent medicinal qualities, and soon the town became quite famous resort for this area of Texas.  People came from all of the surrounding counties to cure their ailments by drinking the water. (Mrs. Helen Walterman, Riverside)

One disadvantage possessed by Carolina was its poor accessibility by road.  What few roads were there were usually remained in poor state, and were often impassable because of mud.

Thus in a few short years the prosperous little town dwindles away to nothing.  Today there is no indication that a town ever existed on this site.