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History
in a Pecan Shell
Normangee started
life as a station on the Houston and Central Texas Railway. The year was 1905
and in 1907 a second railroad, the Trinity and Brazos Valley came through. People,
buildings, and even the post office from the town of Rogers Prairie (2 miles East)
moved to the rails.
Norman G. Kittrell, a judge and legislator, was the
source of the town’s name - using his first name and middle initial.
When
the town incorporated in 1913, with part of the town was in Madison County.
In 1914 the population was a robust 1,100. Normangee had hotels, schools, telephones
and even a weekly paper. The Normangee Star continues to be printed to this day.
Normangee was briefly un-incorporated in 1917 and then re-incorporated in 1919.
The Houston and Texas Central pulled out during the depression and the roadbed
was used to build FM 39.
El Camino Real Centennial Monument
"It
is 8 feet tall. It is just west of the junction of FM 39 and Old Spanish Road
in Normangee. The monument says Normangee was the home of the Old San Antonio
Road Association." - Sarah
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