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History in
a Pecan Shell
Emilee McClendon
was the wife of early settler John B. McClendon, who evidently relinquished
his naming rights in favor of his wife. The defunct town still holds
the oldest cemetery in Tyler
County - named for Squire Cruise who had moved into the area in
1833.
The town of Emilee peaked in 1892 with a population of 150 people.
Besides the essential grist mill, the town had a store and a cotton
gin as well as a chair factory.
The town had a functioning post office from 1904 to 1946 but it was
around the turn of the century that things turned bad for the community.
The 1900 population had fallen to just fifty people and they continued
to use that figure through the Great Depression and WWII.
The last count was made in 1948 and was still fifty.
The community population just seemed to melt away, leaving just the
cemetery to mark its existence. |
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1907 postal map
showing Emilee
(NE Tyler County
near Jasper County
line)
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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