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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
site dates to 1832 when Joseph and Delilah Durst settled here. A community
with the forgettable name of Lockranzie materialized nearby.
Although Lockranzie did have an operational post office by that name,
it was changed in 1851 when the post office was moved just east of
the prior location and given the easier-to-remember name of Linwood.
Intended to be a river port on the Angelina River, the town may have
over-estimated the need for such a point. Nevertheless, the community
did become a trading center through the efforts of Chas Chevallier
and the Raguet Brothers, who opened stores here.
Linwood may have made it - but in that all-too-familiar story, it
was bypassed by the railroad in the 1880s. The Kansas and Gulf Short
Line Railroad chose Alto instead of Linwood
and what little there was of Linwood moved to Alto.
The post office closed in 1903, but there were some steadfast residents.
Although the population had dropped to a mere ten people, two businesses
and a church remained.
The 1990 census counted forty residents and that number was used for
the 2000 census as well. |
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