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"The
1927 Post Office from Camilla now stands in the Old Coldspring townsite
in Coldspring, TX"
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, November 2014 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The
community appeared shortly after the Civil War. Mrs. Camilla Hardin
Davis is the town’s namesake. A store was opened by one L. S. McMickin
and a gin and a second store were owned by Jim McMurray.
The gin put the town on the map, so to speak. A Farmer’s Alliance
was formed and in the mid 1890s the town proved its importance by
getting its own post office.
Still, the population remained small. It had been estimated at 100
for decades. The population dipped in the mid 1960s to around 70.
The three businesses that the town had had closed around the same
time.
The estimated population of 200 has been in use for 2000 and 2010
(according to the official TXDoT map). |
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