From Matagorda County History & Genealogy page
Coulterville, also known as Culver, was in Buckner’s Prairie, 15 miles east of Bay City in eastern Matagorda County.
In 1888 William D. Culver became the first postmaster, and by 1891 a community with two general stores, one owned by Culver, had developed.
By 1892, the population was 125; the settlement supported nine businesses, including six general stores.
Coulterville also had a justice, a constable and a physician.
In 1894, Lemuel P. Coulter became postmaster, and the following year the post office name was changed to Coulterville.
Coulter owned a store at that site. The post office was moved to the store in 1895, and Coulter served as postmaster until 1901.
The Bay City Breeze, March 25, 1897, stated that a daily mail will be put on between Bay City and Coulterville, via Caney P.O., except Sunday. Scheduled to leave Bay City at 7 in the morning, arriving at Coulterville at noon; returning, leaving Coulterville at one and arrive at Bay City at 6 p.m.
Christian Zipprian was postmaster from 1901 until 1903, when the post office was discontinued and the mail for that vicinity was sent to Caney.
The Coulterville post office was reinstated in 1909 with Joe H. Freeman as postmaster.
By 1896 Coulterville had 200 residents, a justice, a constable, a physician, and five general stores.
In 1899 the voting precinct was still named Culver.
When the Cane Belt Railroad came through the county in 1901, a Culver railroad stop was founded four miles south of Bay City.
Coulterville was located near the intersection of what is now FM 457 and FM 521.
In 1904, the last year population estimates are available for the community, Coulterville reported 161 residents.
In 1911 its post office was discontinued, and the mail was rerouted through Bay City.
In 1936 Coulterville was not labeled on the county highway map, but a number of dwellings remained in the area.
By 1952 maps showed nothing at the site.
A Culver school was located near Citrus Grove in the western part of the county from at least 1917 until its consolidation with the Palacios schools in the late 1930s.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Matagorda County Historical Commission, Historic Matagorda County (3 vols., Houston: Armstrong, 1986).
Rachel Jenkins, Mary Belle Ingram, Shirley Brown