TENERYVILLE, TEXAS

An “absorbed” Ghost Town

Gregg County, East Texas

On Pine Tree Road
in the suburbs of western Longview the county seat
Also around Tenneryville Road and Blue Ridge Parkway

Population: Included in that of Longview

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Sign to Tenneryville Road
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2011
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History on a Pinhead

The town was named for the owner (G.B. Tenery) of the property on which an oil well came in (1931). The population spiked briefly to 200, but these were mostly oil workers. Other than the name, there’s no evidence that any infrastructure was built for a lasting town, nor was there a post office for Teneryville. A few families had remained in the area in the 1960s but by the 1990s, Teneryville had become part of greater Longview.

Nearby was the former community of "Little Beaumont" - so named because of the Yount-Lee Oil Company (from Beaumont) interests there.

Photographer's Note:
“Although the “town” appears on some maps and there is a highway sign, there is now no evidence of this having once been a separate community. There are only busy highways, streets and many houses and subdivisions.” - Gerald Massey

Calvary Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2011

Teneryville TX - Greggton Missionary Baptist Church

Greggton Missionary Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2011

Teneryville TX - St. Mathews Catholic Church

St. Mathew's Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, June 2011
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Teneryville, Texas Nearby Towns:
Longview the county seat
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