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WAMBA,
TEXASBowie
County, East Texas
Texas' Northeasternmost Town
FM 559, 3 miles N of Interstate 30
8 miles
NW of Texarkana
Population: 70 (2000) |
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Water
tower under construction
Photo courtesy Clyde Burns |
History
in a Pecan Shell
No one is sure of the source of Wamba's name. The area was settled in the
1850s and a post office was briefly open from 1897 to 1916. There were 50 Wambians
living there in 1910 - not too far from the current figure. The figure given for
1940 was forty and in 1982 the figure was recorded at 70 - a number the town evidently
fells comfortable with, since it hasn't changed since.
Wamba was the
site for one of Clyde
Burns' water towers. |
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view of the water tower in Wamba
Photo courtesy Clyde Burns |
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