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NOONDAY,
TEXAS Smith County,
East Texas
Highway 155
3 Miles W of Gresham
7 Miles S of Tyler
Population: 515 (2000)
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Noonday
City Hall, Community Center & Library
Photos courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July, 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled in the 1860s, the town was granted a post office in 1880. By the
middle of that decade there were only 25 residents but the amenities included
a store, gristmill, gin, school and church. The post office moved to Flint
in 1904 and the town became on stop on Flint’s route.
By 1910 the population had increased to 100 in 1910, and a road was built connecting
the town to Tyler.
During the Great Depression the population decreased to 56 – a figure that was
in use through 1980. By 1952 the local schools merged into a single Independent
School District, and by 1964 the last business closed. The Noonday ISD merged
with the Bullard ISD in the late 1960s. In the
late 1980s the town finally shed the population figure of 56 – and reported 385
residents which has since increased to 515.
See also Noonday,
Harrison County | |
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