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WELDON, TEXAS
East Texas Ghost
Town
Houston County, East Texas
FM 230
21 miles S of Crockett
Not shown on State Map
Population
131 (1990)
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The
old Methodist Church in Weldon
Photo courtesy Marty Cash |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Although the source of the town's name has been forgotten, Weldon
appeared sometime just after the Civil War. By 1869 a post office
had been granted and the town went about establishing a school, churches
and businesses. |
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Weldon
School, burned down in the fall of 1928 or 1929
Photo courtesy Marty Cash |
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| Weldon received
a shot in the arm with the arrival of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity
and Sabine Railroad in the late 1880s and soon became a lumber
shipping center. By the mid 1880s Weldon had most essential businesses
to serve its 159 citizens. |
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Photo
courtesy Marty Cash |
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| The Progressive
Era was kind to Weldon and from the1910s to the 1920s the town prospered.
It entered the Great Depression with a population estimated at 200
although no figures are available until 1950 when the population was
a mere 80. |
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