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Somerville,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 21' 22.064472",
-96° 32' 13.005744"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Located where two branches of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway joined, town was named for Albert Somerville, first president of the railroad. First settlers arrived after town was surveyed about 1883; the post office was permanently established in 1897. Somerville boomed in the 1890s when local citizens persuaded a railroad tie plant to locate here. Santa Fe Railroad bought the operation in 1905; this is still an important industry. Incorporated in 1913, the town has become a recreation center since Lake Somerville was created in the 1960s.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Somerville Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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