Shawnee, Texas
Ghost town
Shawnee is located in Texas
Shawnee
Shawnee
Shawnee is located in the United States
Shawnee
Shawnee
Coordinates: 31°12′50″N 94°29′57″W / 31.2138003°N 94.4990922°W / 31.2138003; -94.4990922
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAngelina
Elevation
[1]
236 ft (72 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code936
GNIS feature ID1380525[1]

Shawnee is a ghost town in Angelina County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is located within the Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.

History

Shawnee was one of the first communities in the county during the antebellum Texas era. There was a barrel stave making operation in Shawnee during the start of the 20th century on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad at the community's switch station. The majority of workers here were from the former Yugoslavia and shipped their products to Germany. There was also farming and turpentine manufacturing in the community. It was listed as having one business and 25 inhabitants by the Texas Almanac in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]

Geography

Shawnee was located on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm to Market Road 1818, 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Zavalla and north of Shawnee Creek and the ghost town of Shawnee Prairie in central Angelina County.[2]

Education

Today, the ghost town is located within the Huntington Independent School District.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Angelina County, Texas
  2. 1 2 Biesele, Megan. "Shawnee, TX (Angelina County)". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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