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History
in a Pecan Shell
John A. Lincoln, a local resident and circuit-riding
preacher was the town’s namesake. The settlement began sometime prior to the Civil
War although it wasn’t until the 1880s when it became a proper community. The
post office opened in 1886. When the Texas and New Orleans Railroad built through
Lee County in the 1890s, it bypassed the town of Old Evergreen, sending most of
that community to Lincoln.
By 1890 Lincoln had a store and two cotton
gins along with a grist mill and a saw mill. Just the basics for a starter-town.
It later acquired a school and the population was estimated to be 148 by 1904.
It
reached 200 by the mid 1920s and the town built a new school in 1926. The town
survived the 1930s with a high of 350 residents. The Lincoln School merged with
Giddings School District in 1945 and the population started to decline.
From
1970 to 1990 Lincoln had an estimated population of 276 – and the 2000 Census
reported the same number.
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