May, TX

May is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 277 residents. May was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981, with marker number 5377. In 2001, historical marker 12532 was added for May United Methodist Church, commemorating the church's presence in the community for over 100 years. Before then, May had a school called Old Swayback school. A newcomer can read May through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, May comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The May Cemetery was designated a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2016. The area was originally part of a Mexican land grant given to empresario John Cameron in 1827. May's brother, Nathan, opened a store at the site in 1879.