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History in
a Pecan Shell
First known as
Cotton Plant, Texas, the town had a post office under that
name in operation from 1850 through the end of the Civil War. A new
post office opened in 1876 under the name Iron Bridge. The
population in the mid-1880s was 150. The post office closed in 1891.
In 1905 Iron Bridge reported two schools with a total enrollment of
129.
Iron Bridge melted away into oblivion - it was dropped from maps as
early as the 1930s. |
1907 Gregg
County postal map
showing the Sabine River
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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