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BLOOMBURG,
TEXAS
Cass
County, East Texas
33°8'19"N 94°3'33"W (33.138602, -94.059067)
7 miles E of Atlanta
22 mile NE of Linden the county seat
S of Texarkana
.5 miles from the Arkansas
State Line
ZIP code 75556
Area code 903
Population: 321 (2020)
404 (2010) 375 (2000) 376 (1990)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
community was settled before the Civil War, but it didn’t take off
until the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway arrived in 1895. When the
post office was granted (1896) the town was named for a railroad official.
Being the last rail stop before the railroad left the state, it became
an important shipping point.
From 1898 until 1920, the Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway connected
Bloomburg residents to the Texas and Pacific Railway.
By 1900 the town had 198 people, by 1911 it was incorporated and by
1914 there were about 600 residents. Between 1914 and the 1960s the
population fluctuated between a high of 600 and a low of 433. In the
1960s it fell from 500 to 231.
Annual Event
Cullen Baker Country Fair - on the first Saturday in November. |
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