Area News

The Groesbeck football team will renew its rivalry with Mexia in the Battle of the Navasota River game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Groesbeck Stadium.

A Texas Historical Marker for Washington High School in Groesbeck was unveiled in a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 16. The school was built in 1957 for African-American students in Groesbeck ISD. After integration, the school became Groesbeck Junior High and served that purpose until 1989. It then became Enge-Washington Intermediate School and was named for the two principals of Washington High School, Nelson Washington and Elwood Enge. A new intermediate school was completed in 2011, and most of the old school was demolished in 2018.

The Houston and Texas Central Railroad established the town of Groesbeck on February 20, 1871, with schools being established shortly thereafter. These early schools were either private schools that students paid tuition to attend or community schools established by the county judge at the request of residents. As was common during the time period throughout the Southern United States, schools in Groesbeck were segregated with separate facilities provided for white and black students. The first known school for black students was a community school located on a one-acre tract near what is now the Lone Star Cemetery. It was established in 1882.