The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCarmine ( KAR-meen) is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. The Texas Basketball Museum in Carmine is operated by Coach Bob Springer at the corner of Augsburg Avenue and Hauptstrasse Street. The collection highlights players who advance to the professional ranks as well as high school teams of notable achievement.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 250 to 244 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carmine yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Carmine’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carmine’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Carmine, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Carmine is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Carmine has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Winedale Inn Complex in Round Top, 5.4 miles away.
Carmine and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.