Pottsville is an unincorporated community located in western Hamilton County in Central Texas, United States.

Named for early settler John Potts, who was a shepherd, the community was founded as a dry town in 1872 when Edmund T. Goggin donated land for the townsite.

Pottsville has undergone multiple catastrophes: every business was burned in a 1913 fire, and great damage was done by a 1944 tornado, which killed one person.

[3] The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year.

The Köppen Climate System describes the weather as humid subtropical, and uses the abbreviation Cfa.