Sion
Sion, on U.S. Highway 75 seventeen miles northwest of Huntsville in
Walker County, was established by a group of Mississippi settlers who
arrived after the Civil War.
In the late nineteenth century the community had a blacksmith shop, a
gristmill, a general store, a drugstore, and a post office that operated
from 1889 until 1914. In 1890 Sion had a population of 150, two
churches, a general store, three livestock agents, and two sawmills
nearby. In 1914 the population was still 150, but the only businesses
were a sawmill and a general store. The community school met in the
Harmony Church building until it burned in 1899. After the fire, a new
school building was constructed, and six grades were taught there.
Classes continued to be held in the Sion school until 1940. In 1937 the
settlement had two sawmills, one store, a factory, a school, and
numerous scattered dwellings. In 1990 the Texas Almanac listed Sion but offered no additional information. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sion-tx
TX Almanac
https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/sion