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FRIENDSHIP, TEXAS
AKA Friendship School

Upshur County, East Texas

FM 155
4 miles NE of Gilmer the county seat
10 miles W of Ore City
10 miles NW of Diana
15 miles S of Pittsburg
Population: 25 (2000)

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Friendship TX - Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, 2011


History in a Pecan Shell

Settled around 1900, it was first known as Friendship School. It did indeed have a school, as well as a church and a handful of houses.

No population figures are avail for the community’s early years, but the postwar school consolidations (with Gilmer schools) spelled doom to Friendship. It became a “dispersed rural community” with only a few houses and the church remaining. It is estimated that 25 residents still live in the area.


Photographers Note:
"Be advised that there are 10-Friendship towns in Texas and to make matters worse there are two in just one county, Smith County. This Friendship is located in Upshur County on FM-155, 4.25-miles northeast of Gilmer, 10-miles west of Ore City, 10-miles northwest of Diana, 15-miles south of Pittsburg." - Gerald Massey

Friendship TX - Baptist Church cornerstone

Friendship Baptist Church cornerstone
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, 2011
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Friendship, Texas Nearby Towns:
Gilmer the county seat
Mount Pleasant
See Upshur County

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