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Uz Community

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FM 1655, 4 mi. S of Forestburg, Forestburg, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 28' 57.59659999992", -97° 34' 54.85177999992"
 
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    Named by early settlers for a town mentioned in the Biblical Book of Job, Uz was a farming community whose economy was based on the cotton crop. In existence by the 1870s, the town reached its peak in the early 1900s. At its height the community included homes, stores, churches, a cotton gin, school, post office, and telephone exchange. The post office was discontinued in 1907, and the school was merged with the Forestburg schools in 1931. A boll weevil infestation in the 1930s destroyed the cotton crop and signalled the decline of the Uz community. (1990)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Uz Community Historical Marker Location Map, Forestburg, Texas