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ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

East Texas Towns

31° 48' 36" N, 95° 39' 0" W (31.81, -95.65)

Population: 57,922 (2020)
58,458 (2010)

Total area: 1,078 square miles (2,790 km2)
1,063 square miles (2,750 km2) land
15 square miles (39 km2) water

Anderson County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Henderson County (N) Cherokee County (E) Houston County (S) Leon County (SW) Freestone County (W)

Anderson County History

1936 Centennial - Highway Marker - On US 79, 5 miles NE of Palestine

ANDERSON COUNTY
Created March 24, 1846, from Houston County.
Organized July 13, 1846
with Palestine as the county seat.
Named in honor of Kenneth Lewis Anderson, vice-president of the Republic of Texas, 1844-45

Anderson County Courthouse

Anderson County Courthouse
TXDoT 1939 Photo

Anderson County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

County Seat - Palestine

Bethel ghost town

Bois D'Arc ghost town

Bradford

Brushy Creek

Cayuga

Denmark ghost town

Denson Springs

Elkhart

Fort Houston ghost town

Frankston

Hickory Hill

Ioni ghost town

Kickapoo ghost town

Magnolia ghost town

Montalba

Neches

Palestine county Seat

Pert

Providence ghost town

Salmon

Slocum

Tennessee Colony

Tucker

Anderson County Vintage Maps

Anderson County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Anderson County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Anderson County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Anderson County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker

On US 79, 5 miles NE of Palestine

Anderson county TX 1936 Centennial marker

Anderson County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2010

Anderson County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2010
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