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Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Holli Boone Kees | |
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History
in a Pecan Shell
When the old original Nacogdoches District was split
into new counties, Henderson County voters designated the lost town of Buffalo
as the county seat. The Texas legislature reduced the size of the county in 1848
and ordered that a new center be found. Landowner James H. Starr donated 100 acres
to be the new county seat - to called Centerville, and in September of 1848, Centerville
was platted into lots and sold. A post office was granted in early 1849 but was
discontinued within six months. In May county business had returned to Buffalo,
but in October of 1850, the county was reduced in size and the current county
seat of Athens was designated.
Both Centerville and Buffalo became
ghost town although their names are still in use - in Leon County. (See Centerville
and Buffalo in Leon
County) |
Sunday
drives in and around Athens
( From Bob Bowman's East Texas Sunday
Drives )
Athens:
Where the hamburger was invented >
Athens, New York, Texas Cheesecakes, LaRue, Brownsboro, Edom, Purtis Creek
State Park, Eustace, Mabank, Gun Barrel City, Payne Springs, Caney City, Malakoff
and Cross Roads. | |
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