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MAYFLOWER,
TEXAS Newton County,
East Texas
State Highway 87
About 70 Miles N of Beaumont
Population:
Estimated at 100 (2000) |
History
in a Pecan Shell
A man with the redundant name of William Williams recieved a Mexican land
grant here in 1934. When the land was first surveyed, the settlement here was
called the "Survey" or more formally as "Surveyville." Settlement began prior
to the Civil War and sometime in the 1890s a post office was granted. As unlikely
as it seems, the name was already in use by another town and so a new application
was sent in for Mayflower. (See Bob Bowman's Town
Names.)
No population estimates are available for Mayflower's early
years, but like most regional towns, it would've peaked during the early 20th
Century when timber reserves were being exploted. After WWII
the post office was discontinued and the 1970 estimate of 100 people has been
used through 2000. |
1920s
Newton County map showing Mayflower N of Newton
(Above "N" in "NEWTON" near NEWTON/SABINE County line
)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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