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Rhonesboro

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Gilmer, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 45' 24.99172999992", -95° 8' 27.12428000016"
 
    Texas State
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     Founded 1902; Named for W. M. Rhone, only sawmill operator in area until 1901, when arrival of Marshall & East Texas Railroad created a town which grew to have 15 sawmills, 10 stores, 2 churches, a school, hotel, bank, gin, and cotton yard. Mill operators were Connally; Barton and Smith; McWhorter; Cone and Watkins; Whitter; Dacus; Waterman; Nolan; James; Swann; Beavers and Meek; P. K. Williams; M. C. and F. C. Florence; Roger and J. O. Schrum. After pine forest here was depleted (1917), the mills moved and the railroad was abandoned.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Rhonesboro Historical Marker Location Map, Gilmer, Texas