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TECULA,
TEXAS
Texas Ghost
Town
Cherokee County, East
Texas
FM 2064
15 miles N of Rusk
Population:
Unkown
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Tecula
Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town, like many Cherokee County towns, appeared before the Civil
War but development didn't really get started until the railroad arrived
in the early 1870s. In this case the railroad was the International
and Great Northern who built a depot here in 1875.
The Tecula Post Office Saga
In 1873 a post office was granted under the name Reynolds but closed
two years later. It reopened in 1900, closed again in 1907, reopened
in 1917 (under the name Tecula) and closed again in 1926. The post
office may have closed, but the town didn't reclaim the name Reynolds
and Tecula it remained.
The population was a mere 25 during the great Depression, and it has
since declined to where only a few houses and a church remain to mark
the town. |
Mobil
station ghost sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
The
closed Mobil station in Tecula
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
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