Minerva is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States.

[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 60 in 2000.

Minerva is located on U.S. Highway 77, 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Cameron, 41 mi (66 km) southeast of Temple, 52 mi (84 km) west of Bryan\College Station, and 68 mi (109 km) northeast of Austin in central Milam County.

[2] Minerva is served by the Rockdale Independent School District.

It joined that district and the Cameron Independent School District in 1949.