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DOUGLAS, TEXAS
Smith
County, East Texas
32° 21' 4" N, 95° 4' 6" W (32.351111, -95.068333)
On CR 26
1 Mile S of State Hwy 31
11 Miles E of Tyler
Population: Unknown
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The Old Mound
Indian Trail, also known as the Jamestown-Tyler road, ran
through (nearby) Douglas. The town never seems to have developed a
distinct center. Most of Douglas’ existing history concerns it’s schools
– of which there were four in the 1930s. Douglas did have a cemetery
but there are two shown on the detailed county map – one beside the
other – about a mile from where Douglas once was. One cemetery is
unnamed while the other is named Prospect.
Douglas’ entry in the Handbook of Texas states that in the mid 1960s,
only an “abandoned business, a church, and a number of dwellings [were]
scattered along dirt roads south of State Highway 31.”
Photographer's Note:
Douglas is, was, midway between Tyler
and Kilgore on CR 26, below Highway
31. This sign is the only sign of Douglas that I could find. - Barclay
Gibson, August 14, 2007
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