Nelleva is an unincorporated community in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, no population estimates were available for the community in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.

Nelleva, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°27′17″N 96°11′11″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brazos
Elevation	269 ft (82 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	979
GNIS feature ID	1380240[1]

History

The area in what is now known as Nelleva today was founded at the start of the 20th century as a railroad station on the International-Great Northern Railroad. There was a church and several scattered houses in 1940. Only the houses remained in Nelleva in 1980 and continued to be listed on county maps in 1992.[2]

The Mexia-Nelleva Cutoff was built to shorten the distance between it and Mexia in 1905.

Geography

Nelleva is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2154 and another rural road on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 22 mi (35 km) southeast of Bryan in the southeastern corner of Brazos County.[2]

Education

Nelleva had its own school in 1940 and joined the Navasota Independent School District in the 1960s.[2]

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