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HOLCOMB STORE,
TEXAS
AKA Holcomb's Mill and Holcomb's
East Texas Ghost Town
Cherokee County, East Texas
FM 23 and FM 1857
9 miles SW of Rusk
West of Alto
East of Palestine
South of Jacksonville
Population:
Unkown
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was named to honor early settler Joe Holcomb, who had arrived
in the mid 1840s. It is assumed that Holcomb operated a mill, for
it was once known as Holcomb's Mill. A school was built sometime before
1900. During the Great Depression Holcomb's Store had a church, school,
store and several residences.
Today Holcomb Store is remembered on county maps, although only a
church and widely-scattered houses remain. |
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