ALBION, TEXAS

Red River County, East Texas

Highway 37
FM 195 and FM 1159
16 miles N of Clarksville the county seat
47 miles E of Paris
Population: 50 (1990, 2000, 2010)

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Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

There's not too much to say about Albion. They had a post office from 1886 to 1904 when it closed the first time. It reopened in 1912 and stayed open until 1929. The population was a reported 20 persons in 1940 but it has increased to 50 for the 1990 census.

Red River Bridge
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

Red River
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Red River
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

To Albion Cemetery
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Albion Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Albion Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010
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Albion gas station
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010
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Baker's Dozen
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Albion TX Red River County 1900 Postmark

Cover canceled with Albion 1900 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

Red River County Towns

County Seat - Clarksville
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Acworth
Addielou
Albion
Annona
Avery
Bagwell
Bluff
Bogata
Boxelder
Cherry
Clarksville county seat
Cuthand
Detroit
Dimple
English
Fulbright

Johntown
Jonesboro ghost town
Kanawha
Kiomatia ghost town
Lone Star
Lydia
Madras
Negley
Old Dimple
Rosalie ghost town
Rugby
Savannah ghost town
Scrap ghost town
Shadowland
Vessey ghost town
Watson ghost town
White Rock

Contiguous Counties:
McCurtain County, Oklahoma (N)
Bowie County (E) Morris County (SE)
Titus County (S) Franklin County (SW)
Delta County (SW) Lamar County (W)
Choctaw County, Oklahoma (NW)

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