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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settled around
1845, Pine Town was a stagecoach stop on the Rusk
to Palestine
run. In March of 1847 a post office was granted under the name U.
Auglin, Texas - perhaps the ugliest post office name ever used.
The postmaster, Valentin Auglin evidently submitted his name which
was misread by postal authorities. The error was soon corrected and
the name changed to Pine Town in 1848.
Pine Town never developed into a "town" per se - but remained a rural
community, with its stores and businesses spread all around.
A school was opened in 1854, and a Masonic lodge was built prior to
the Civil War. Despite it's improved name, the Pine Town post office
closed its doors in 1874.
In 1900 when the Texas
State Railroad was constructed from Rusk
to Palestine,
businesses and people from Pine Town moved to the freshly minted town
of Maydelle.
By 1920 Pine Town was gone. |
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