Piney Point (n/a)

Harris County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: 1820s

Council of Governments: H-GAC

Public History: There are no current descriptions related to Piney Point in the public record. If you are aware of any sources that we may have missed please share them with us.

Community History: “”… founded in 1865 by Reverend Mack Austin and Sister Sarah Hannah, both freed slaves.

Five neighborhoods were created within the Piney Point settlement – Blossom Heights, Harlem Heights, Ullrich, Piney Point, and Carver Crest…

… In true form, most freed slaves purchased land to create a school, church, and cemetery ‘for the descents of African people.’ Today, all three continue to exist in Piney Point. Pilgrims Rest Missionary Baptist Church, the first Black church in Harris County. Piney Point Elementary and a cemetery soon followed that remains nestled off Westheimer and Crossview…”

– from “Black Towns Matter, Too,” Tiffany D. Thomas, Prairie View A&M University

Cemetery: Pilgrim Rest Cemetery/Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Church: Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church

School: Piney Point Elementary and Pilgrim Rest