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Texas Ghost
Town
PINE TOWN, TEXASCherokee County,
East Texas
10 miles SW of Rusk
Population:
0
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled around 1845, Pine Town was a stagecoach stop on the Rusk
to Palestine
run. In March of 1847 a post office was granted under the name U.
Auglin, Texas - perhaps the ugliest post office name ever used. The
postmaster, Valentin Auglin evidently submitted his name which was
misread by postal authorities. The error was soon corrected and the
name changed to Pine Town in 1848.
Pine Town never developed into a "town" per se - but remained a rural
community, with its stores and businesses spread all around.
A school was opened in 1854, and a Masonic lodge was built prior to
the Civil War. Despite it's improved name, the Pine Town post office
closed its doors in 1874.
In 1900 when the Texas State Railroad was constructed from Rusk to
Palestine, businesses and people from Pine Town moved to the freshly
minted town of Maydelle.
By 1920 Pine Town was gone. |
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