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Downtown
Bloomburg
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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. |
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Texaco
Station Bloomburg
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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Bloomburg
City Hall
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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