Pine Grove, Cherokee County, Texas
Pine Grove, Cherokee County, Texas | |
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| GNIS feature ID | 1380358[1] |
Pine Grove is an
History
The area in what is known as Pine Grove today was first settled around the time of the American Civil War and grew up around a local church with the same name. It had a church and several scattered houses in the mid-1930s. Many people left the community after World War II, but it still had a church and several scattered houses, as well as a cemetery and a store in the early 1990s. Its population was 30 in 2000.[2]
Geography
Pine Grove is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 747 and 2138, 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Rusk in western Cherokee County.[2]
Education
Pine Grove had its own school in 1896 and had 88 students. It was still standing in the mid-1930s and early-1990s.[2] Today, the community is served by the Jacksonville Independent School District.
Notes
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Grove, Cherokee County, Texas
- ^ a b c Long, Christopher (May 1, 1995). "Pine Grove, TX (Cherokee County)". tshaonline.org.
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