2. Emanuel Estrada Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton Matagorda County

3. Location  Clemville is located six miles north west of Markham, Texas.  12 miles northwest of Bay City.  Latitude is 28.9960899353  Longitude is -96.1410751343  The zip code for Clemville was 77414.

4. Info  Clemville was originally part of a land grant.  It belonged to a early colonist named Henry Parker.  It was a rural farming and ranching area until 1908.  The town was named after F.J Clemenger in his honor.

5. Oil Boomtown  In 1908 F.J Hardy discovered oil in Clemville.  He also started the Hardy Oil Company.  Clemville became an oil boom town.  It had schools, a church,hotels, a general store,and machinist shops.

6. Roads  F. M. Road 1468 runs through the community but there are other roads that lead off 1468.  One leads to a sub-division of about 100 residents west of Clemville called the El Dorado Community.  Another leads along the Tres Palacios River or Creek  others lead to other oil businesses, farms, ranches, and the Texas Salt and Brine Company.

7. School  Clemville had two schools by 1914  In 1932, the white children were bussed to Markham to school.  The black children went to Markham to school as well.  The school building in Markham was also a one room dilapidated structure  located on a lot which is now the corner of Avenue D and 10th Street in Markham

8. Church  The Clemville church was made in 1914.  The building was destroyed and the land was bought by a neighboring farmer.  The land that it was on is now used to farm.

9. Clemville Disappearing  As the economy slowed in the 1930s, Clemville's population began to dwindle.  By the end of the 20th century, little physical evidence remained of the once booming oil town. (2001)"

10. Credits Photos by  Daves Fotowerks  Google images  Shelley Anderson

11. References  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onli ne/articles/hnc73  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmat ago/historical_markers_narratives_clemville.htm  http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCo astTowns/Clemville-Texas.htm