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Kirbyville,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 42' 56.62595999988",
-94° 1' 51.56851000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Name originally applied to widely scattered settlement astride Wiess Bluff-Jasper Road. First settlers, Alexander and Sherod Wright, came into area about 1824. Magnolia Springs Post Office opened at this site in 1850; within a few years the community had a store, church, and grist mill on Wright's (later Mill) Creek; a mill and tannery were on nearby Tanyard Branch. Texas Tram & Lumber Co. had extensive logging operation in area in 1880s-90s. Decline began with arrival of the railroad in Kirbyville, 1895. Post office was moved to present site in 1905.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Pinetucky Historical Marker Location Map, Kirbyville, Texas
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