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DEADWOOD,
TEXASPanola
County, East Texas
FM
2517
19 Miles E of Carthage
Population: 106 (2000) |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled in the late 1830s, Adam LaGrone and family are credited with being the
town’s first settlers. Just prior to the Civil War, LaGrone’s son built a cotton
gin and grist mill which later evolved into the town of Linus.
When
the time came to apply for a post office, another town had claimed the name of
Linus, so citizens chose Deadwood as their second choice. This was accepted by
the postal authorities and in 1882 a post office opened.
Deadwood reported
a population of fifty in the mid 1850s when the community had the aforementioned
gin and mill as well as a school and two churches.
The post office closed
its doors in 1917 and in the mid 1930s the population had reached 125 – the high-water
mark. It has since declined to 106 – for the 1990 Census and again for the 2000
census. | |
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