In 1832 Snow River District, or Neches River District, includes the current Tyler County area. The area was originally organized in 1/22/1841 from part of Liberty County as Menard Judicial District, not the same area as the later Menard County. Its territory included most of what is now Tyler County and part of the future Hardin County. In 1842 Town Bluff became the temporary County Seat. Woodville was the county seat since 1846. County created 4/3/1846 from ___, organized 7/13/1846. -Handbook of Texas Online: Tyler County, Menard Judicial County |
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This list contains or will contain all post offices known from Texas. Noted also are whether recent offices have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. A link is provided to detailed precancel data for that location. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Pester the active post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. They may be found many times, but only have to be thrown away once. Precancel devices are not usually issued to branches, stations or contract post offices. Please see plans page for color legend. |
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| Acol | * | 11/3/1934: Schmidt | 10/15/1942: Wheat | named for Angelina County Lumber Co., The Acol post office is associated with a site on the Southern Pacific Railway in northern Tyler County four miles northeast of Colmesneil. It served the lumber company's logging camps in Angelina, Tyler, and Polk counties during the 1930s and 1940s. When the office needed to be moved, it was hooked to a locomotive and rolled to its new location. | |
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| CHESTER | 75936 | none | operating | ||
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| COLMESNEIL | 75938 | yes | operating | ||
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| DOUCETTE | 75942 | none | operating | ||
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| FRED | 77616 | none | operating | ||
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| HILLISTER | 77624 | none | operating | ||
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| SPURGER | 77660 | none | operating | ||
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| WARREN | 77664 | yes | operating | ||
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| WOODVILLE | 75979 | yes | operating | COUNTY SEAT | |
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