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EVANSVILLE, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Leon County, Central Texas South

On the Houston and Texas Central Railway
Near Jewett
About 19 Miles NW of Centerville the county seat
No record of a local highway
Population: 0

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Evansville Tx Residence
Residence in Evansville
Courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
History in a Pecan Shell

Evansville, a "coal mining" town had its major resource hauled away by train. The deposits were so scant - it may have been hauled away by an single train. The town did manage to have a post office from 1909 to 1931. Howard Holleman was the postmaster. Edward Lee Evans, local landowner/partner in the Anderson, Evans & Evans Lignite Coal Company was the town's namesake.

From the mid-1920s, until the coal train left in 1930, Evansville had a surprising population of 200 residents. Residents left soon after, although a single business attempted to hang on. No mention is available of a cemetery, and the town may have disappeared even before it got a proper highway. County maps dropped the town in the 1930s.
Evansville TX - Leon County 1912 Postmark
Evansville TX - Leon County 1912 Postmark
Postcard canceled with Evansville TX 1912 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection
Contributor's Note:
Evansville's Namesake:
"It took some digging but I had been able to determine the name origin." (See cover photo above.) - John J. Germann, June 22, 2018
TX Leon County 1920s map
1920s map showing Evansville in NW Leon County
near Freestone, Limestone & Robertson County lines
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Evansville, Texas Nearby Towns:
Centerville the county seat
Buffalo | Fairfield | Groesbeck
See Leon County | Central Texas South

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