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APPLE
SPRINGS, TEXAS
aka
May Apple SpringsTrinity
County, East Texas
Highway 94, FM 357 and FM 2501
15 miles NE of Groveton
SW
of Lufkin
Population: 130 (2000) Apple
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community was originally known as May Apple Springs for the abundance
of that spring blooming plant. The name change occurred with the opening of the
post office in 1884. The town moved to be closer to the railroad (the Groveton,
Lufkin and Northern) and in the mid 1910s – the town reported a population of
just 75.
The railroad became a victim of the Great Depression and in
1931 the town (population 150) moved again – to relocate alongside the newly paved
highway. It has remained there ever since. In the mid 1960s Apple Springs had
a population of 285 – declining to the 130 estimate published on the 2008 map.
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