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History of Pineland -
Sabine County, Texas
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| Santa Fe Railroad depot, Pineland, Tx - circa 1920 |
Pineland was founded
around 1903 as a sawmill town, and from that
time until the present, lumbering and allied
timber products have been its principal industry.
It is located on the Timber Rock Railroad (formerly
Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad) about twelve miles southwest of
Hemphill, and it is the second largest town in
Sabine County.
Pineland has been the home of the Pineland
Operations of Temple-Inland, Inc. (formerly
Temple Lumber Company) since around 1910.
The first United States Post Office was established
in the city on November 26, 1904, with John
D. Cooper as the first postmaster. Pineland
is also the home of the West Sabine Independent
School District schools, the successor of the
Pineland Independent School District which
was established September 10, 1917.
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| Temple Lumber Company sawmill, circa 1910 |
There is in Pineland a modern public library
(Arthur Temple Sr. Memorial Library), and an
excellent city park (Katherine Sage Temple
Memorial Park), with sports facilities to include
a swimming pool and picnic area.
On December 30, 1941, the commissioners court
received a petition signed by 58 Pineland residents
requesting that an election be held for the
purpose of incorporation of the town. (A plat
and description of the town limits is contained
in pages 558 to 564 of Volume N, Minutes of
the Commissioners Court Meetings, on file in
the county clerk's office.) The petition was
granted and an election was held on January
11, 1942. Fifty voted for incorporation with
none voting against. Then an election was held
to select the first city governing body. They
were:
- E. G. Prud' homme : mayor
- G. W. Alford : city marshal
- H. H. Newton : alderman
- R. S. Rasbury : alderman
- J. C. Sheffield : alderman
- Lewis Bell : alderman
- Pratt Hines : alderman
The town continues today to operate under
a mayor-city council form of government. The
city also operates the Pineland Municipal Airport
located about one mile southwest on US Highway
96.
The old railroad station at Pineland (shown
below)
also has old logging locomotive engine #20 beside it.
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